ScotRail is to install 100 new spaces for bicycles at the railway station at Dunbar in southeast Scotland.
The extra cycle spaces at Dunbar, which is midway between Edinburgh and the English border, will significantly expand cycle storage at the station. The new cycle spaces to be installed in the station car park are part of ScotRail’s investment in active travel facilities.
Coincidentally, the announcement comes in the same week as organisations across Scotland are marking Scottish Climate Week from Monday, 28th September to Sunday, 4th October.
The extra cycle spaces will be part of a new cycle hub, which will include a cycle maintenance stand, a dedicated space for four non-standard bikes such as adapted and cargo-carrying cycles, and CCTV security.
The new cycle hub is being delivered as part of the Scottish Government’s 2023 UCI Legacy Cycling Investment Programme, which also contributed to a new cycle hub at Inverness station, which was installed in March last year.
Network Rail and East Lothian Council have been working to improve active travel access at the south side of Dunbar station, to make it easier for passengers to combine cycling and train travel as part of their journey.
As well as parking their bicycles at railway stations, some riders also abandon them, and now any bicycles abandoned at Edinburgh Waverley Station are being donated to a local cycle charity, The Bike Station.
Graeme Baillie, Safety & Sustainability Director, ScotRail
“Dunbar is an important station for the local community, and we want to make it as easy as possible for people to choose more sustainable ways of getting to and from the railway. “These improvements will significantly increase the amount of cycle storage available at the station, while providing secure and modern facilities for riders. Making it easier to combine cycling and rail is an important part of encouraging more sustainable journeys, and combined with the improvements delivered by Network Rail and East Lothian Council, this investment will help make Dunbar station better connected to the community it serves.”
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