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Unread 04-04-2017, 14:26   #25
grainne whale
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Default Too many bikes on trains

This morning I took the 8.27am from Hazelhatch to Heuston. This was a 3 carriage train. There were bikes (not folding ones) in the exit / entrance areas all along the train. The train was packed and there was only standing room all the way into Heuston. A chap with an ordinary bike then decided to board in this area also at Hazelhatch, with the result that people at Adamstown, Clondalkin and Parkwest had either either to manoeuvre past the bike or try to board at another door. The were 5 of us and a bike in this small space in the 1st carriage for the remainder of the journey. This is a safety issue, and also an access issue. What happens if a train has to be evacuated, an wheelchair user wishes to board, or somone injures themselves getting past a bike.
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