Renfe will allow full bicycles to be bicycles in Avant Train and remove the foldable case and an attachment of 3 euros for MD
Rinf It will facilitate Access to the train by bicycles It will make the conditions for this more flexible in a new list that will enter into force after that July 15 This, among other aspects, will improve Wags signals With their space, it will allow You reach the same door Access with bicycles without folding or dismantling, and this for the first time will allow travel with Full -speed bikes, Only at the present time on avant -garde trains. In addition, the operator will create a file A specific ticket “train+bike” Y The three supplement euro cancels So far you have to pay to travel with a bike on a medium train from 100 km.
Benefit from the World Bicycle Day, Renfe presented on Tuesday the news that will enter into force next month to Facilitate and make access to the train more flexible Through a bike, a multimedia option is used by more and more use, not only to do sports on weekends, but also to move to work or study. A mixture of train and bicycles It will be easier than ever.The Director of Sustainability in Renf confirmed, Adrian FernandezOnce some measures are entered into force, which bike users are taken into account.
Generally, it is a The regulations are “more clear and more clear” In what kind of RENFE railway services, different bicycle models, which will be a User notification, but also for supervisors One of the trains, which was so far in the “mysterious places” that leaves the current list sometimes does not let the train in a bike. From now on, it is expected The standards are more clear to everyone, also for Renfe’s employees, Which will be informed before it enters into force, on July 15, from the new regulations, which in one way or another near, a medium distance, and for the first time, at high speed and long distance services
Cercanías y middle distance
In a network cercanías at an average distance It is already allowed to carry bicycles, but the new standard offers some developments, such as a New banners At the doors of the trains that allow access to the seized areas to leave the bike. From now on and starting with CIVIS of Cercanías trains, there will be New new voting drawing To refer to this arrival, which will be extended to the entire fleet of the near and medium distance, even New trains This Renfe expects from next year will also distinguish between bicycles and access to wheelchairs or children’s carts Places will increase for the first time. The current trains allow two on board the plane while the new trains were in manufacturing They will allow six and 12 and up to 18 bikes.
It is also planned to implement Bicycle and motorcycle parking In Madrid cercanías stations with Video monitoring. They already have ValleCas, Villaverde Bajo, Móstoles, Nuevos ministries, four winds, Las Retamas, Colmenar Viejo, Alcobendas-San Sebastián de Los Reyes, Valdelasafuras, El Pozo and Absadors. The goal is to expand it to the entire Madrid network and the rest of the CERCANíAS centers in Spain.
The other distance is related to the creation of a New ticket “Train+Bike” This means Book a place to sit From the space that is enabled for bicycles that will remove it, as it can happen now, the user must travel away from it. Also as a grandfather, The three euro supplement has been eliminated So far you have to pay to travel with a bike on medium trains on tracks of more than 100 km.
High speed news
with regard to High speed trainsThe developments relate to the conditions in which different types of bicycles can be carried on board. To date, it was only possible to raise bikes of folding or removable, and now the ability to carry full bikes is presented in some cases and access with the other two models becomes more comfortable.
As of July 15, it will be possible Travel with full bicycles on the vanguard trainsStarting from Galicia, on the line to Coruña-Santiago- Ourense- to extend “gradually” by others. Renfe’s goal is also to extend it to every high speed through a full bike, although it will take some time. The Renfe Sustainability Director, AVE, AVLO or Alvia trains that revolve around It has not yet been designed To take it on board “with the minimum comfort conditions”, which will be presented While trains pass through “Half Life Reforms”Where it is dismantled and reassembled. “It is a very progressive, but already The scheme and will not be stopped.Fernández, who shows that he started with vanguard trains because they are widely used by the people who They move from one city to another to go to work This completes the trip with the bike. Also, because they are shorter, they travel in it Few passengers loaded with bags.
Until then, a bike will continue to carry in the rest of the high -speed trains Foldable and removableBut with new rules that make it more “simple”. To start, because you can reach Even the door of the train itself With the bike in the hand and not only even controlling the passenger, the point where it has so far was mandatory is its dismantling or folding and loading it on weight. On the other hand, because bicycles The folding will be the same as a bag bag And now It will not be necessary to put it in a state. Yes, you will continue in the case of bicycles RemovableBut from next month, “dismantling” has been simplified. actually It will not be necessary to dismantle the pedalsWhich requires an additional tool and is considered very stressful for users, and it will be sufficient to dismantle the front wheel, and the wheel is converted so that it is aligned and placed in a cap.
It will remain Free to carry different types of bicycles in AVE, Alvia, Euromed and interaction, And on trains AVLO will remain the additional cost of 10 eurosBut in the coming months there will be news about how to get these tickets.
As of July 15, you can also Book the passenger seat next to the square for the bike, As in the middle distance, and in September Renfe will have a candidate Where the user can choose the option that wants to travel with a bike, so that the trains are only inserted with this possibility.
Electrical bikes in trains, yes; Patients, not yet
All of these measures affect both Traditional bikes such as electric bicycles This, contrary to what is happening with Ski panelsThey are allowed on Renfe trains. At the present time, the ban on the various operators in 2022 remains against motorcycles, then several incidents with them inside the Madrid and Barcelona metaphor.
Distinguish between electrical mobility and another related to HomogeneityHowever, while it is not possible The easiest manipulation, To give more power to their engines, or they are less protection, which leads to the greatest probability of accidents, including fires of these devices inside the trains. Since then, and Ministry of Industry and General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) They were progressing in guarantees From motorcycles and Renfe, awaiting a fixed list about their approval to allow them to upgrade the train. We will also do it to steam bicycles, Not at the expense of security conditions, “says the sustainability director.
