There might be some tgv routes where you can take your bike with you. Am 31.05.2012 11:32 schrieb "Uipko Berghuis" <uipko.berghuis@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:43 AM, dirk@xxxxxxxxxx <dirk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Olaf Johansson <noll@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 30. Mai 2012 um 18:42 > geschrieben: > >> > 2012/5/30 Dirk Bonné <dirk.bonne@xxxxxxx>: > >> >> Not totally unrelated: In Sweden you care not allowed to transport > bikes on > >> >> the train. Folder solutions like your bike become important when > confronted > >> >> with such bad service. > >> > >> Hi everybody! Sweden here. Our train service is no doubt bad when it > comes to > >> multimodal transports. But it is not true that bicycles are not welcome > on any > >> trains. We are talking about the rapid, long distance services. There > are > >> slower trains and there are regional trains - they all have > possibilities to > >> carry your bike. > > > > thats the same situation in germany. The fast ICE trains don't take > bikes. if > > you have to travel across germany with bike, you can choose the > medium-fast > > IC-trains or the dead-slow-stop-everywhere-trains. I did the latter once > from > > This is an interesting subject I looked it up for the hi-speed trains > in the Netherlands. > > Fyra > No bikes allowed (safety regulations) > A folder in a bag is considered normal luggage > > Thalys > Bikes with front wheel removed and in a special bike bag (max. 120x90) > are allowed > A folder in a bag is considered normal luggage > > Intercity Brussel > Limited amount of space for bikes. > > TGV > Bikes with front wheel removed and in a special bike bag (max. 120x90) > are allowed > > Eurostar > Bikes in special bike bag are allowed if not bigger than normal suitcase. > For travellers between Brussel/Paris/Lille and London there is an > option to take your bike as special luggage for €25. They advise to > protect it well and take a good travel insurance, I think this is not > a good sign ;) > > ICE International > The NS (Dutch) and DB (German) have different rules for (folding) bikes > > Dutch ICE rules: > - With a NS national ticket you are allowed to take a folding bike > without a bag. > - With a international ticket only bagged folders are allowed > - It's allowed to take bikes if the fit in a suitcase not bigger than > 85 (they didn't mention other dimensions) > > German ICE rules: > - (Folding) bikes are only allowed as luggage if fitted in a bag (max 120 > x 90) > > Uipko > ============================================================ > > This is the Python Mailinglist > > //www.freelists.org/list/python > > Listmaster: Jurgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an empty mail to > python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > > ============================================================ > >