http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile at (new) Haymarket Station en Sun, 31 May 2026 20:59:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=3#post-220254 Tue, 17 May 2016 16:40:39 +0000 fimm 220254@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are Sheffield stands too but they might be under the Stuff at the moment.<br /> The old Sheffield stands opposite Ryries are still there and still in use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=3#post-220252 Tue, 17 May 2016 16:31:35 +0000 SRD 220252@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks fimm (hmmm, this time auto-correc went for 'film'). </p> <p>I've had trouble locking the folder before - I'll just fold it and take it if need be. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=3#post-220243 Tue, 17 May 2016 16:17:48 +0000 fimm 220243@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes.<br /> There's still Stuff Being Done to the new Haymarket racks, but you can get in and use them.</p> <p>Having investigated the ones at Livingston North, I'm somewhat unimpressed by the thing I assume you are supposed to lock your bike to, which would be OK if you had a fairly long cable but is entirely useless if you have a D lock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=3#post-220241 Tue, 17 May 2016 16:11:26 +0000 SRD 220241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>are these where the old racks were? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-215847 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:59:17 +0000 Arellcat 215847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Make sure that if you give one of the upper trays a good yank, it doesn't extend all the way under its own weight. If it hits the hard stop with a bang it can cause adjacent trays to start to extend by themselves.</p> <p>I've seen this happen at Caledonian Uni in Glasgow and there's a risk of being hit on the head if you pull a tray and then bend down to your bag (or whatever). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-215844 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:47:26 +0000 chdot 215844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Susanne Mueller (@RainChameleon) tweeted at 8:41am - 6 Apr 16: </p> <p>Haymarket bike hub open. Not as fiddley as I thought to get bike up. What u think Edinburgh cyclists @CyclingEdin ? pic.twitter.com/k4zgDaQmO2 (<a href="https://twitter.com/RainChameleon/status/717618302936342528?s=17" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/RainChameleon/status/717618302936342528?s=17</a>) </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-215750 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:25:57 +0000 fimm 215750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bike racks still have orange barriers next to them, but one enterprising cyclist had locked their bike up anyway.<br /> Similar two-tier racks have appeared at Livingston North. I guessed that bike racks were going in, but am surprised at the amount of capacity. (If they think that anyone is going to leave even a beater bike there overnight, they are in for a shock...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-215592 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:12:46 +0000 chdot 215592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Network Rail Scot (@NetworkRailSCOT) tweeted at 4:19pm - 1 Apr 16: </p> <p>Two-tier, 90-bike storage facility has been installed along with cycle hoops and a glazed canopy. #Haymarket #cycling (<a href="https://twitter.com/NetworkRailSCOT/status/715921577540509696?s=17" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/NetworkRailSCOT/status/715921577540509696?s=17</a>) </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-211560 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:47:35 +0000 fimm 211560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re-reading the thread, I note that two years ago I said:<br /> "<em> It will be interesting to see if most people who come from that side then go in through the old building or go round to the new doors (I should probably do the latter, with the bike).</em>"</p> <p>Actually I always go in and out through the old building (except on the odd occasion when I want to go one way or the other along Haymarket Terrace). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-211559 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:39:40 +0000 fimm 211559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New racks have been under construction for a while:<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/f_m_m/24636931680/in/dateposted-public/" title="20160210_073603"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/24636931680_758939511f.jpg" alt="20160210_073603" /></a></p> <p>According to Jimmy the Big Issue seller, they don't have the concrete bits yet. They are coming from Japan??? and won't be here till May. Jimmy jokes that the racks won't be open until they have the concrete for "Health and Safely" reasons. I fear that many a true word is spoken in jest... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-207703 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:38:35 +0000 kaputnik 207703@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They (Network Rail, I think) are adding a second tier of covered racks infront of the existing this month, according to tweets from them telling people to remove any abandoned bikes this month before the work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-207697 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:22:01 +0000 neddie 207697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I heard that the council are planning to install bike parking for 70 bikes outside Haymarket, work starting this week...(!?)</p> <p>Also in the Spring a big programme of city centre bike parking.</p> <p>Let's see... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-197526 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:29:44 +0000 chdot 197526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone seen/heard anything more about more bike parking?</p> <p>Was there today. Covered racks over-full. Ryrie's racks/railings full too -</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/y3YHse"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5708/21037115285_41998d495b.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-172179 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:06:05 +0000 LivM 172179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm amused (and a bit sad) to see that National Rail still have the old map of the station on their website (last updated June 2013)<br /> <a href="http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/HYM/stationOverview.xhtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/HYM/stationOverview.xhtml</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-172173 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:38:58 +0000 drnoble 172173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As hinted at in the article, to meet the government target/aspirations/wishful thinking of 10% of journeys by bike would require 10% * 2,000,000 /365 = 548 bike racks!</p> <p>Passenger numbers for 2012/13 and 11/12 at haymarket were just over 2million according to Wikipedia. And I know there would be higher usage during the week, but this gives another indication of just how far we are from 10% of journeys by bike, given that there are only spaces for 34. So we need at least 16x Moreau! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-172152 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:37:06 +0000 chdot 172152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/blog/improving-conditions-cyclists-haymarket-railway-station-edinburgh" rel="nofollow">http://www.sustrans.org.uk/blog/improving-conditions-cyclists-haymarket-railway-station-edinburgh</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-164553 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:33:58 +0000 chdot 164553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/passenger-boom-at-haymarket-after-25m-revamp-1-3534551" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/passenger-boom-at-haymarket-after-25m-revamp-1-3534551</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137941 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:46:52 +0000 fimm 137941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I never got any cake :-(</p> <p>I suppose at some point one of those useful signs that tell you about taxi ranks, bus stops and other such things will appear. There must be a rule that every station must have one - I have a photo of the one at Corrour Station on Rannoch Moor, which doesn't have a road, let alone a bus stop or a taxi rank... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137901 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:08:18 +0000 chdot 137901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11479255243/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/11479255243_e64082242e.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11479255243/">Previously at Haymarket</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137824 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:40:16 +0000 fimm 137824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a sign "rank for 4 taxis" &amp; paint-work at the foot of Dalry Road </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137822 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:31:39 +0000 chdot 137822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/haymarket-passengers-get-replica-cake-slice-1-3240569" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/haymarket-passengers-get-replica-cake-slice-1-3240569</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137784 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:38:00 +0000 kaputnik 137784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@HaymarketStn: @cocteautriplets @SpokesLothian @LAHinds @AndrewDBurns We have requested that @Edinburgh_CC inform the taxis that this is not a rank ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137775 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:43:59 +0000 Stickman 137775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where does a Ginsters van fit in the game of jug handle TopTrumps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137718 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:27:42 +0000 fimm 137718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh YES! Winpig for the win! A tipper lorry in the cycle lane!!</p> <p>&lt;sarcasm mode off&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137717 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:26:29 +0000 fimm 137717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think the escalators are finished yet... it is one of those nice fudges, it is open, so it has been "opened on time" but it isn't finished (and they're not saying that it is "finished on time...") </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137696 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:43:07 +0000 wingpig 137696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are a couple of temporary yellow polystyrene signs stating "TAXI STANCE" (one pointing west from the existing jughandle, one pointing right from just across the other side of the road) but they would seem to be pointing towards the tram stop. Half the barrier is missing from the east end of it, too. They wouldn't be using the tram stop as a temporary taxi rank, would they?</p> <p>Only four taxis in the jughandle today, too.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/11451031313/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/11451031313_59c41ed706_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/11451031313/">IMAG1099</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137691 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:28:13 +0000 Smudge 137691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't spot the escalators today, did find the new ticket machines confusing and awkward, did fit the bike into the surprisingly spacious lift with no problems at all.<br /> As to whether to ride from Dalry Rd to the entrance or walk, probably depends on the number of pedestrians at the time :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137673 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:39:46 +0000 cc 137673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bikes on escalators - there's some good footage here from 0:43 -</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4laLKXKkD1M" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4laLKXKkD1M</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137672 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:28:41 +0000 fimm 137672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver that's interesting. I was assuming I'd have to stick to the stairs with my bike (no big deal, that's what I do anyway). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11754&page=2#post-137669 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:46:08 +0000 crowriver 137669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>will cyclists get away with taking their bikes on the new escalators?</em></p> <p>I do it all the time at Waverley to get to platform 20. No problems so far. The alternative is a very convoluted series of lift journeys starting at the old taxi rank near platform 10 or lugging up the stairs on the other side of the old ticket hall. So escalator it is. </p>