train from bristol to dover

"(n)jet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Hello, as i posted earlier this week, me and my girlfriend are going to

make

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a tour in the south of england later on in august. Now i was wondering if it is possible to
take our bikes on the train from Bristol or Gloucester to Dover, and how much a trip like that
would cost?

I

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understand the British Railways are a mixture of a few dozens of

companies,

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and it isn't easy to get directly the right information. Anyone a hint?

Train from Bristol to London Paddington. Cycle to Charing Cross, catch train to Dover Priory. You
can plan and book the tickets at thetrainline.comthetrainline.comOpen ↗ (including bike reservations) and pick
the tickets up at the station. The bad news is its £49 each single. London cycle maps can be ordered
online from tfl.gov.ukcycling londoncycleguides.shtmlOpen ↗ and there is a
less good online map at londoncyclenetwork.orgindex.htmlOpen ↗. You can often pick them
up at a tube station or bike shop otherwise.

Tony
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"(n)jet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hello, as i posted earlier this week, me and my girlfriend are going to make a tour in the south
of england later on in august. Now i was wondering if it is possible to take our bikes on the
train from Bristol or Gloucester to Dover, and how much a trip like that would cost? I understand
the British Railways are a mixture of a few dozens of companies, and it isn't easy to get
directly the right information. Anyone a hint?

Train from Bristol to London Paddington. Cycle to Charing Cross, catch train to Dover Priory. You
can plan and book the tickets at thetrainline.comthetrainline.comOpen ↗ (including bike reservations) and
pick the tickets up at the station. The bad news is its £49 each single. London cycle maps can be
ordered online from tfl.gov.ukcycling londoncycleguides.shtmlOpen ↗ and
there is a less good online map at londoncyclenetwork.orgindex.htmlOpen ↗. You can
often pick them up at a tube station or bike shop otherwise.

Tony

Alternatively if you dont fancy cycling across London (maybe you have lots to carry) you can change
at Bath Spa and get the train to London Waterloo. Then it's either a 3 minute train ride or quick
cycle over to Charing Cross.

Tony Raven said:

The bad news is its £49 each single.

Bristol to London, Super Apex, £19.50 return (use it one way only).

London to Dover Priory, cheap day single, £19.90.

It's one of the peculiarities of the privatised companies that it is always worth checking the price
of the return tickets if you just want a single. Also you should book each train company separately.

My return ticket for this weekend, London to Swansea, is £26.00. Had I wanted to go on to Llanelli
the price on one ticket would be £55.30, even though the price for a Swansea to Llanelli return
ticket is just £3.10.
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james g said:

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"(n)jet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hello, as i posted earlier this week, me and my girlfriend are going to make a tour in the
south of england later on in august. Now i was wondering if it is possible to take our bikes on
the train from Bristol or Gloucester to Dover, and how much a trip like that would cost? I
understand the British Railways are a mixture of a few dozens of companies, and it isn't easy
to get directly the right information. Anyone a hint?

Train from Bristol to London Paddington. Cycle to Charing Cross, catch train to Dover Priory.
You can plan and book the tickets at thetrainline.comthetrainline.comOpen ↗ (including bike reservations)
and pick the tickets up at the station. The bad news is its £49 each single. London cycle maps
can be ordered online from tfl.gov.ukcycling londoncycleguides.shtmlOpen ↗
and there is a less good online map at londoncyclenetwork.orgindex.htmlOpen ↗. You
can often pick them up at a tube station or bike shop otherwise.

Tony

Alternatively if you dont fancy cycling across London (maybe you have lots to carry) you can
change at Bath Spa and get the train to London Waterloo. Then it's either a 3 minute train ride or
quick cycle over to Charing Cross.

Its not even necessary to do that. trains out of Charing cross stop at Waterloo East so its easy to
use the lift to go from the main station across to the dover train - no stairs at all.

John B

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:59:42 +0100 someone who may be "james g" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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Alternatively if you dont fancy cycling across London (maybe you have lots to carry) you can change
at Bath Spa and get the train to London Waterloo.

Or change at Reading and get a train to Waterloo. This is undoubtedly faster and less hassle.

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David Hansen said:

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:59:42 +0100 someone who may be "james g" <[email hidden]>
wrote this:-

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Alternatively if you dont fancy cycling across London (maybe you have lots to carry) you can
change at Bath Spa and get the train to London Waterloo.

Or change at Reading and get a train to Waterloo. This is undoubtedly faster and less hassle.

From what I remember of the Reading -> Waterloo trains they are less likely to take bikes (though
that was a long time ago)

Everybody thanks a lot for the information, especially for the link to the train-line, really
usefull, and the single-return hint (still, British trains remain rather expensive!) and I will try
to decypher your tips about the simplest way to change trains in London.

njet