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  • Check out here our facts and figures material.

  • Read the Press Release calling on the EU institutions to ensure passengers are allowed to bring at least 8 bicycles on all trains in Europe.

  • Read our latest Press Release explaining the results of our map on bicycle-train connections in Europe

QUIZ TIME!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Can't cyclists just leave their bicycle parked at the station?

A: According to a study commissioned by the European Parliament in 2012, cycle tourists prefer to bring their own bike with them on holiday and are more likely than the average tourist to use public transport. That the demand is not met by the train operators can be seen in the following statistic: In Germany the cycle tourism market grew by 16% from 2015 to 2016 (4.5 million to 5.2 million tourists) but the amount of bicycles transported on long distance trains within Germany, however, only grew by 4% (Figure 1). At the same time bicycle carriage with the long distance bus operator FlixBus grew by 24%.

Q: Is this only relevant to cycle tourists?

A: Not only. The combination of bike and train is the most efficient and flexible for inter-urban trips. Bringing bicycles on board trains can form an important part of that.  For example, when the Danish State Railways (DSB) decided to make it free to take your bicycle on board S-Trains in the Greater Copenhagen area in 2010, the number of total passenger grew by 20% to 630,000 annually. 

Q. Cannot passengers just rent public bikes?

A: Most cyclists would prefer to use their own bicycle at the beginning and the end of their journey for reasons of comfort, convenience and cost. Nevertheless, there are circumstances where bicycle and train journeys can be combined in other ways for certain types of users (e.g. for commuters in the Netherlands where high-quality bicycle parking and integrated public bike share systems are provided).