On 6 July, 14:37, Mizter T wrote:
On Jul 5, 3:47*pm, "Colin McKenzie" wrote:

I'd like to leave my bike at Marylebone while I go away for a weekend.

But Chiltern Railways' website says that the cycle parking is only *
available for season ticket holders.

Does anyone know if this is strictly enforced?

I recall reading something about how Chiltern are conscientious about
managing cycle parking at Marylebone - removing abandoned bicycles
with regularity etc - which perhaps indicates they might enforce it
strictly. But I don't have any personal experience of trying to park
my bike there. Might possibly be ok for the weekend - then again I
dare say many of the bikes live in London whilst their owners live in
commuterville, so the racks might be fairly full anyway.



If this is an absolute restriction, is there anywhere else? It needs to be *
close to Baker St or Marylebone, and popular enough over the weekend for *
my bike to have a good chance of still being there on the monday.

My expectation would be for there to be cycle stands somewhere just
outside the station, which is a fairly busy area. Or else another on
street stand at somewhere like next to Great Portland Street or Baker
Street stations, or somewhere within the well to do parts of
Marylebone such as Portland Square or Marylebone High Street. Sorry to
not be able to offer anything specific. I guess in part it depends on
just how nickable your bike is/ looks.

I wondered if the season ticket thing was to do with being inside the
barriers. Anyone without a season ticket might assume that they could
get to the parking space otherwise, and be disappointed. Only someone
with a season ticket could be guaranteed to get through the barriers
at any time.