http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: rail - Recent Posts en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:53:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11097#post-124349 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:31:36 +0000 PS 124349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair, I'm guessing that one of the key purposes of that train is to get leisure travellers (ski-ists in the winter, cyclists in the summer) up to the mountains, so there's isn't the normal "space for a bike removes 4 seats for passengers" pressures that we have on UK trains. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11097#post-124302 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:43:05 +0000 cc 124302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Each train can accommodate up to 120 bicycles"</p> <p><a href="http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/stadler-delivers-extra-trains-to-south-tyrol.html?channel=542">Stadler delivers extra trains to South Tyrol</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84109 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:18:40 +0000 lionfish 84109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Smudge: oops - I did.</p> <p>@crowriver: oops :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84091 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:10:04 +0000 crowriver 84091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@lionfish: <em>Smudge:</em></p> <p>Eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84090 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:07:51 +0000 Smudge 84090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Lionfish, did you mean @Crowriver? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84083 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:35:13 +0000 lionfish 84083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Smudge:</p> <p>1. A lot of people walk along that bit of track as the surrounding land is a bog! I think it's fine to walk along/beside, as it's annoying otherwise :)</p> <p>2. How did they not notice it coming? There's nothing else around!!</p> <p>I think there's 4-6 trains/day on that line? I remember realising the train would be going past and minimoth+I racing to the top of a ridge to watch it go past in the distance :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84048 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:24:20 +0000 Smudge 84048@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Neat wee two stroke engine on that bike..."</p> <p>Got one of these in the shed for when I have time/money/inclination/a vintage roadster to bolt it to...<br /> <a href="http://freespace.virgin.net/stones.ukp/trojan_minimotor.htm" rel="nofollow">http://freespace.virgin.net/stones.ukp/trojan_minimotor.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84047 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:13:07 +0000 alibali 84047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent! I wonder if they have "Dragons Den" in Russia. Who could refuse a chance to invest in something as revolutionary as the Segway? Oh, wait... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84046 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:06:49 +0000 crowriver 84046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually it would work in places where the trams/trains either don't run at all (eg. on a Sunday), or run only very infrequently. </p> <p>Some of the Highland lines could be used with this bike, as long as you <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-19263618">checked the timetable <em>very</em> carefully</a>! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84045 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:51:50 +0000 Smudge 84045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>some unused badly laid tramlines about Edinburgh these days.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84043 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:27:20 +0000 crowriver 84043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Completely insane. You need a big, largely empty (but intact) rail network to take advantage of this. I suppose the former Soviet countries have this. Here they pulled up all the little used train and tram rails long ago.</p> <p>Neat wee two stroke engine on that bike... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8395#post-84041 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:51:39 +0000 Greenroofer 84041@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Google/YouTube, noting that I regularly look at videos of trains* and bicycles (the former in the company of my young son, the latter alone), suggested this as a 'related link'. May be of interest for those who do multi-mode commutes by bike and train.<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dr9dvqS3m0&amp;feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dr9dvqS3m0&amp;feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>*I must also confess to a passing interest in these myself, which is one that I suspect I share with a surprising number of this forum's membership. </p>