UK cyclists are fighting plans to ban bikes from a rail network.

The Crossrail project would see a new underground route built beneath London. But the scheme proposes to forbid any bikes from the central route, and there will be no cycle parking at main stations.

Now the CTC, the UK’s largest cycling members body, has launched a petition against the plans, which are due to be examined by a Parliament Select Committee in the next few months.

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