Transporting bikes by train in UK

[Stu_666]

I know that this is possible in Europe but are there any train operators in UK which carry bikes? Thinking about maybe Scotland next year and from South England this would be a pretty boring and long trek.

Tried googling for it but only came up with passenger only trains.

[alone]

Why not take a scenic route up? You don't have to ride the motorways all the way.
For the effort of another 50 or so miles and an hour or two, I'd quite happily stick to A/B-roads.

Otherwise, I doubt you'll find anything much on the net, your best bet would be to call.
Don't forget railways on the continent tend to travel A LOT further than anything you'll find on our lil island!
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[Mister James]

https://www.virgintrainsfares.co.uk/button_bar_pages/national.asp#b

The above link seems to imply that no company in the UK carries bikes/scooters/mopeds.
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[colin1]

how about hiring a bike when you get there ?

probably less hassle and cost a similar amount
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[Bendy]

Nowhere in the UK is more than a day's riding away really, sounds like an awful lot more hassle trying to take it on a train.

[colin1]

Another option might be finding a road haulier that is delivering something from scotland to the south of england, empty vehicle on the way back, so for a fee they might take your bike up for a lot less than normal.

The tricky bit would be managing to get the return journey aswell but even if you have to ride it back, thats half the boring stuff than riding it both ways.

You would have to do quite a bit of ringing around tho to find an empty wagon and a haulier willing to do it.
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[Al]

A guy I work with is always telling me about when him and his mates used to stick there scooters on the train down to London and cruise about for the day. I think this was in the days of the mods and rockers though.
Its probably a heath and saftey issue or some load of bollox now.
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[colin1]

you could try doing it without permission, and rely on them not noticing, or not knowing how to get it off

could get in trouble tho
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[Stu_666]

thanks for the replies

yeah wouldn't mind going in July but already planned a trip over to Canada with a mate to do some temporary work (but will prob just end up in a three month pissup ). Thanks for the offer though

[JonB]

Half the fun of the trip in my opinion is the trek up! I'm quite looking forward to going from the lovely South of England, through the grim Northern areas to the lovely Scottish highlands about Glasgow! I'm really excited, just don't want my tyres to square off too much!!!
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[Stevie GooGs]

Hi am from Glasgow and moved to Ullapool (north west coast, scottish highlands). The roads are great up here apart from the condition of them, get new tyres before you even plan on a journey up here. A few lads from Glasgow section came up and had to get new tyres on a Sunday as the roads riped them to bits.

Its great, you must go to applecross.
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