This is a set of photos of cycle parking at railway stations in the Netherlands
This gallery was created on Monday, 25th February 2008
Groningen Railway station parking. Unlike in the photos from 10 years ago ( #9747 ), this now has the bikes undercover and has architectural features on the roof. Watch the video to see some of the bike parking. No bike is shown twice in th ... [more]
Groningen railway station as it looks now. In contrast with older photos (e.g. #9747), the cycle parking is now hidden from view. Watch the video to get an idea of what this space looks like. In this video I am walking over the roof of t ... [more]
Cycle parking at Assen station. There really are quite a lot of bikes here for a city of 63000 people. Play the video to get an idea of how many. Not all the bikes are in this park - there is another similar cycle park on the opposite side ... [more]
Bike parking on the other side of Assen railway station. There is a lot of bike parking here, just as there is everywhere else around the city. Also see #12021 for a view of the parking at the front side of the station.
Long cycle underpass which goes beneath the railway, railway station and two roads roads. The cycle path is four metres wide. For some of the distance it also has a 2 metre pavement for pedestrians, but at this end they come out in a separa ... [more]
Start of a combined cycle and car underpass. Note how the bike part doesn't go so deep as the car bit because it doesn't have to allow for high vehicles. Because of this, the gradients are less for cycles. Also note that this is a bidirecti ... [more]
A very small part of the cycle parking on just one side of Eindhoven Station. Note advertising sheets on the bikes.
Yet more cycle parking at Eindhoven Station. You can see from the aerial photography just how much more there is than shows in this photo. Also there is parking the other side of the station and underground.
Another view of wide cycle paths near Eindhoven station. See also #9475. The video shows a cycle route through tunnels behind the station to this point.
Cycle parking near the station in Eindhoven next to the huge cycle path needed for commuters. See also #9476. The video shows the scale of the bike paths a little better than the still does.
Large cycle parking shed for small provincial railway station, despite which it still doesn't seem to have room for everyone's bike. Best has a population of just under 29000 people, or about a quarter of the population of Cambridge.