Manchester meets Brompton Dock!

Well, its been a while coming... but finally Manchester will be getting the new Brompton Dock. Tuesday 27th March will see Norman Baker (Secretary of State for Transport) formally launch the Brompton Dock facility.

See previous Blog post (Brompton pods...coming to a train station near you) for more details of how the system works.

















The Brompton Dock unit is located by the pedestrian bridge that runs from Piccadilly Station Approach across London Road.

The scheme provides three hire tariffs to cater for different usuage levels.




Frequent Rider.
Annual Membership £50
Monthly hire £50 (£1.60/day)
Weekly hire £15 (£2/day)
Daily use  £4




Occasional Rider.
Annual Membership £30

Weekly hire £25 (£3.60/day)
Daily use  £5

Trial Riders.
7 days for £10.

More details from www.bromptondock.co.uk







There are instructions on how best to fold / unfold the Brompton bicycles..... it will be interesting to see how people manage to follow the instructions... although for the perplexed (and those with smart phones) there is also a link to a video demonstration....

Lets hope that the scheme proves to be popular and effective at encouraging people to combine cycling with  public transport.... after all the Brompton is one of the few bicycles that (when folded) can be taken on any of the public transport modes (yes even the Metrolink tram service !).

Maybe it will even help convince Transport for Greater Manchester to start following the lead of cities in Europe and North America and develop a truly integrated public transit network that allows (nay encourages) people to combine their bicycle and public transport journeys..... well we can but hope!

Details of the Brompton dock scheme are available here.