What a helpful train operator - any feedback?
Posted: 10 Dec 2010, 1:22pm
I learned from Sources in SW England that in what seems to be an incredible feat of fitting quarts into pint pots, that 14 cycles and riders were accommodated on a 'nodding donkey' 2-car Class 142 Pacer train - total seated capacity <100 seats.
So we can presume that over 15% of the fare-paying passengers were travelling with cycles. Not quite the 20% of seats on an express coach filled by young cyclists (saving the call on the parental taxi services of several cars to visit the 'local' BMX track). Apparently common with Stagecoach Bluebird services in NE Scotland, co-ordinated by SMS messaging between passengers on which coach they are catching . Pictures and more detail if you have any to me/Chris Peck @ctc.org.uk.
So we can presume that over 15% of the fare-paying passengers were travelling with cycles. Not quite the 20% of seats on an express coach filled by young cyclists (saving the call on the parental taxi services of several cars to visit the 'local' BMX track). Apparently common with Stagecoach Bluebird services in NE Scotland, co-ordinated by SMS messaging between passengers on which coach they are catching . Pictures and more detail if you have any to me/Chris Peck @ctc.org.uk.