Case Studies

The third state-of-the-art cycle hub has officially opened at Wood Street station, providing additional secure cycle parking facilities to commuters within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The sleek and unobtrusive cycle hub at Wood Street compliments the two existing cycle hub facilities installed within the borough, one at Walthamstow Central and the other at Leytonstone stations, which opened in August last year. The secure cycle hub at Wood Street Station utilises the popular FalcoLevel-Premium two-Tier cycle rack, providing up to 28 cycle parking spaces. The cycle hub also incorporates strip lighting, toughened safety glass, vinyl branding and a green sedum roof. Five more cycle hubs are to be installed throughout 2016 at the following locations: Location Number of Spaces Blackhorse Road Station 50 Chingford Station 28 Highams Park Station 28 St James Street Station 28 Leyton Station 80             The cycle racks are housed in a bespoke contemporary design of the classic FalcoLok shelter, which feature innovative ‘green roofs’ and clean lines though glass cladding held by stainless steel glass clamps. The whole shelter is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and then polyester powder coated in the Cycle Waltham Forest colours. Rainwater is collected via innovative integral gutters as part of the roof system. Going forward, the shelters are designed to be maintenance free providing minimal cost of ownership to LBWF (only occasional cleaning and statutory inspections required) and additionally should there be any unforeseen damage, the modular nature of the structure means that replacing any damaged items is simple to undertake. Members of the public can now register for a membership costing just £10 per person per annum which provides excellent value and enables all economic groups within the borough to have an affordable cycle parking facility.

These are the three stylish smoking shelters Falco manufactured, supplied and installed for the Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus. Based on our popular FalcoSail shelter design, the smoking shelters are installed at three separate locations within the campus – Library Square, Beaumont and Westfield Way. Each shelter measures 4m long and is powder coated in RAL 9005 Jet Black to enhance durability. A FalcoSway bench and Dara litter bin with integrated ashtray adds the finishing touches to each smoking shelter arrangement. Falco provided the prestigious east London University with a complete smoking shelter package including; free AutoCAD design, free site surveys, manufacture, supply, concrete foundations and installation. Falco has a comprehensive smoking shelter portfolio and has installed hundreds of smoking shelters and waiting shelters to clients across the UK including Warwick University, Derby Midland Station, Trafford Centre and TalkTalk. For more information about the project at Queen Mary University of London or the popular FalcoSail smoking shelter, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco has recently manufactured, supplied and installed a series of 150 FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking spaces for Oxford Parkway Station as part of Chiltern Railways' £130m Evergreen Three project. The FalcoLevel provides Oxford Parkway Station with an innovative two-tier cycle rack that accommodates twice as many cycles compared to any other traditional cycle rack or stand. Falco has manufactured and supplied the flagship FalcoLevel to over 400 railway stations throughout the UK including Hull Cycle Hub, Manchester’s Oxford Road Station, Ely Station, Irlam Station, Leamington Spa Station, London Euston, Bristol Parkway, Stoke-on-Trent, Harpenden, Chelmsford, Leeds and Derby Midland railway stations. Evergreen is the name given by Chiltern Railways to the major infrastructure works that the company has committed to over the 20-year duration of its franchise to improve routes and services. This has been divided into three distinct phases, number three of which is the Department for Transport, Chiltern Railways and Network Rail agreement  in January 2010 to a £250m upgrade of the Chiltern Main Line. The construction of the new £130m station began in October 2014 and is the first new line between London and a major city since 1899. For more information about the innovative two-tier cycle rack, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco has recently manufactured and supplied a series of elegant robust FalcoBloc picnic tables for an outdoor seating area at Loughborough University! The FalcoBloc picnic table is part of the FalcoBloc street furniture range of outdoor products, renowned for its high build quality, making it the perfect complement for all public spaces. The great simplicity, yet neat design enables the street furniture to meet all applications, from high volume of usage from railway stations and schools to quieter areas such as parks. Manufactured from sustainable hardwood and robust steel framework, the FalcoBloc picnic table offers the very best of quality to meet all seating arrangements. The FalcoBloc is available in two variants, an open frame and closed frame. Falco has manufactured and supplied picnic tables to a range of clients across the UK and you may have seen these previously outside Euston station in London, other installations include both Manchester United Football Club and Manchester City Football Club, as well as a number of university campuses such as Loughborough and Middlesex University. For more information about the robust FalcoBloc picnic table design, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the attractive FalcoRail cycle canopy and two-tier FalcoLevel cycle racks Falco recently manufactured and installed for Cumbria County Council. Using our popular FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking system and our spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, 24 secure cycle parking spaces have been created in just 5m, providing secure cycle parking and peace of mind for visitors to the Parkhouse Building in Carlisle. The FalcoLevel two-tier cycle rack was chosen for its compact and space-saving design which is a proven product in solving high demand for cycle parking spaces in restricted areas. FalcoLevel Two-Tier Cycle Parking System The FalcoLevel was developed over 8 years ago in response to the congestion problems that the increase in cycling was bringing. By introducing a two-tier system, it allowed twice as many cycles to be accomodated within the same space frame. Since then 40,000 FalcoLevel two tier cycle racks have been manufactured and installed across the UK for rail stations, collages, universities, shopping centres, car parks and purpose designed cycle hubs. The popular FalcoLevel has been installed for a number of flagship projects across the UK, these include: the UK’s first Cycle Hub at Leeds City Station, the UK’s largest CyclePoint at Chelmsford Station utilising 1,000 spaces, bespoke cycle hubs for the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Project, Hull Cycle Hub and the new redeveloped Derby Midland Rail Station, as well as over 400 rail stations across the UK. For more information about the innovative FalcoLevel two-tier cycle rack, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

As part of the continued roll-out of cycle parking facilities across stations within the Greater Manchester region Falco recently supplied it’s FalcoLevel two tier cycle racks to a number of jointly developed Northern Rail / TfGM cycle hubs. Pictured here is the funkily purpose designed cycle hub at Manchester’s Oxford Road Station by providing cyclists with up to 50 FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking spaces. Located in a modern cycle hub at the front of the station, the facility boasts up to 50 secure two-tier cycle parking spaces, CCTV, lighting and a secure access system. Oxford Road is the second busiest station in the Manchester station group and is managed by Northern Rail with a footfall of 7.5 million people per year. Other stations which benefitted form the Falco two tier cycle racks included: Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburn, Bolton, Salford, Hazel Grove, Eccles and Blackpool making a total of 625 cycle parking spaces as part of the Linking Places Project. For more information about the innovative FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking system, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.