Re: Southern Railway "bike ban" survey

MartinM wrote: 
Tony Raven wrote:

I just asked what the point was in introducing a ban that the European
Parliament is in the process of making illegal.  Better to use the time
coming up to the introduction of the new law to make provisions for
cyclists work.


what will the new law stipulate? the current provision is 2 bikes per 4
car unit; on my line this is usually filled by the 4th station on the
line. The only way to increase capacity on the current trains (less
than 2 years old) would be to take out more of the seating bays at the
end of each coach (4 of the 8 bays are currently used by 2 toilet and 2
first class areas)


The new EU law doesn't stipulate how many, it just says they must transport passengers' bikes. The text is at http://snipurl.com/l6ja. The most relevant is amendment 32 which says:

"1. By the transport contract the railway undertaking or railway undertakings shall undertake to transport the passenger as well as hand luggage and luggage to the place of destination. They shall transport the bicycle of the passenger in all trains, including transborder and high speed trains, possibly on payment of a charge. The contract must be confirmed by one or more tickets issued to the passenger. The tickets shall be considered prima facie evidence of the conclusion of the contract. The provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the CIV shall apply to transport contracts"

Expected date of introduction is 2010 as I understand it.

--
Tony

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- Lord Hailsham
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