Cyclists can take their bikes during the Paralympic Games

Southern’s review of train capacity during the Olympic Games has shown that it won’t be necessary to apply the extended Olympic Games cycle policy for the Paralympic Games.

Southern’s Head of Customer Experience, Emma Toms said: “We took a close look at the number of people travelling on our services during the London 2012 Olympic Games and found that although there were some very busy services at certain times, overall we’ll be able to accommodate non-folding cycles during the Paralympic Games outside of our normal peak restrictions.”

During the Paralympics, non-folding cycles will be permitted on any Southern service except on trains travelling towards either London or Brighton which are due to arrive between 07:00 and 10:00 and trains leaving either London or Brighton between 16:00 and 19:00.

Emma added: “Of course, we welcome folded, ‘Brompton’ style cycles on our trains at any time.”

The full Southern peak-time cycle policy can be found at Southernrailway.com/cyclepolicy.