Case Studies

A state-of-the-art redevelopment known as ‘Carlsberg City’ is due to open its doors in September 2016 next to Copenhagen city centre with Falco providing cycle parking throughout the development. Built on the former site of the famous brewer Carlsberg, who produced beer on the site from 1847 until 2008, the redevelopment aims to provide a new sustainable district in Copenhagen with housing, shops, offices, schools, a leisure centre and park, all keeping in harmony with the historical listed buildings and surrounding grounds. The redevelopment of the site will take a number of years and by the end of 2025 will be home to around 10,000 residents and 3,000 new apartments. The site will even has its own railway station, known as ‘Carlsberg Station’! As part of the redevelopment Falco manufactured, supplied and installed a series of 2,356 FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking spaces and FalcoSound cycle racks, which will be used by the 10,000 residents and 800 students on a daily basis! The video below provides an insight into the scale of the new cycle parking facility: The FalcoLevel-Premium+ is our flagship and extra secure cycle rack design providing local authorities, transport operators, schools, universities and private businesses with high density and cost-effective cycle parking solutions. To find out how to incoporate the ultra secure FalcoLevel-Premium+ in your cycle parking scheme please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.   

Rugby Station is the latest cycle hub; designed, manufactured and installed by Falco. It provides cycle-rail users with everything they might need as part of their daily commute including 108 spaces of the innovative FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack, 86 spaces of the FalcoVert semi-vertical cycle rack, a FalcoFix 2.0 cycle repair stand and a convenient FalcoSway bench for those tired commuter legs! Falco provided the client with a complete cycle hub service including free AutoCAD design, as well as free site surveys, manufacture, supply and installation. The cycle parking is just one of a number of hubs being supplied to Virgin Trains West Coast Mainline stations as part of their project to upgrade bike parking facilities across their network. The cycle hub also makes use of the high density FalcoVert semi-vertical cycle rack, designed to be user-friendly and ideal for those who are unable to use the two-tier rack. The convenient FalcoFix 2.0 cycle station has been provided to compliment the secure cycle racks and is ideal for cyclists who require to make basic cycle maintenance whilst on the go. Falco has recently provided a complete cycle hub package to many other stations UK-wide including Cambridge CyclePoint, Reading Station, Dewsbury Station, Derby Midland Station, Upminster Station, Harpenden Station, Stoke-on-Trent Station, Chelmsford Station and the UK's first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme! For more information about Falco's cycle hub service, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

The UK’s largest cycle hub at Cambridge Station officially opened to commuters on the 27th June providing up to 3,000 spaces of FalcoLevel Premium two-tier cycle parking spaces over three separate floors. The £2.5m development triples the amount of cycle parking spaces available and is open 24 hours a day and is free of charge to use. Cambridge CyclePoint is the largest cycle hub in the UK incorporating 3,000 cycle parking spaces - that’s three times bigger than the previous largest cycle hub at Chelmsford station! Spread out over three floors, Cambridge CyclePoint marks a milestone for cyclists and pedestrians who commute within the city. The UK’s most prestigious CyclePoint is fitted out with the latest FalcoLevel Premium+ two tier cycle racks. The additionally incorporate an integral gas strut to enable easier lifting of heavier bikes as well as additional locking points so that cyclists have multiple security points for their bikes. Based on three floors there is a mix of largely two tier as well as Sheffield cycle stands to provide more traditional cycle parking where people are unable to use the two tier racks. There is also secure cycle parking for cargo bikes regardless of shape or size. Pictured below is Falco’s Managing Director, Jeremy Green, with the former Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill. Robert commented “The superb new CyclePoint here in Cambridge will undoubtedly help get people out of their cars and make cycling the natural choice for short journeys, improving health, air quality and cutting congestion. The number of people cycling to catch trains has increased by 40 per cent since 2010, so secure cycle spaces at rail stations are critical. We have provided £29m to improve facilities at hundreds of railway stations across England since 2012 and will continue investing in dedicated routes and better infrastructure to make cycling safer and easier for people across the country”. Jeremy Green commented “Cambridge is the UK’s number 1 cycling city and Cambridge station is the busiest cycle hub in the country, we are absolutely delighted to have delivered this unique project”. For more information about the UK's most prestigious cycle hub, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco recently installed a run of 7km of FalcoPathfinder solar powered cycle path lights along the River Lossie cycle path in Elgin!!! The cycle path offers a much safer alternative to the A96 in terms of cycling from nearby Lhanbryde into Elgin and the addition of the new demarcation lights offers a more pleasurable journey for night time commuters as well as increased safety and reassurance. Parts of the route were already lit by street lighting from a nearby park and it was decided  that there was merit in lighting the rest of the route to further encourage use of the cycle path for cyclists and pedestrians at night. Through the staggered positioning of the lights at 10, 20 and 40m intervals on opposite sides of the path, cyclists can clearly see the edges of the route and red LED lights highlight potential hazards such as junctions. Frost warning lights situated at the start of new sections of the route highlight the need to take additional care should the temperature dip below +2°C. The FalcoPathfinder has also been recently installed at Queen's Park in Glasgow and Ridding Lane in London Borough of Ealing. For more information about the innovative FalcoParthfinder solar powered LED cycle path lights, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.  

This is the bespoke cycle hub recently manufactured by Falco on behalf of Virgin Trains, supplied and installed at Birmingham International Station. It provides commutors with a complete cycle hub facility including 27 spaces of FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking spaces, a FalcoFix 2.0 cycle repair station, an information case, lighting, Paxton access control system and an automatic sliding door all in a purpose built secure cycle hub design.     Falco provided the client with a complete cycle hub design solution, including free AutoCAD design as well as free rendering images to help the client to visualise the final design within the proposed environment. Falco also manufactured, supplied and installed the cycle hub as well as the provision of groundworks, lighting and an automatic entry system. The secure cycle hub was based upon our flagship FalcoLok-600 design, providing a light and spacious environment with use of large panels of safety glass combined with a robust galvanised steel frame. The popular design has been used across the UK as a secure cycle hub including; the capitals first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a bespoke cycle hub and 32m waiting shelter at Derby Midland Station and recent cycle hub installations at Dewsbury, Irlam and Upminster Stations. Birmingham International Station is located in the borough of Solihull and to the east of the city of Birmignham and serves both Birmingham airport and the National Exhibition Centre with an annual footfall of 5.1 million passengers. For more information about the secure FalcoLok design, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the contemporary cycle hub Falco designed, manufactured, supplied and installed at Dewsbury Railway Station. It provides the TransPennine Express (TPE) station with a complete cycle hub facility including 60 secure FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking spaces, a convenient FalcoFix repair and maintenenace station, FalcoBloc seating, an information board, vinyl graphics and hub lighting, all in a spacious purpose built design. Falco also supplied and installed cycle wheel stair ramps at the station to enable cyclists to manouvre their bikes up and down steps with ease and access the cycle park conveniently positioned on the platform. The contemporary cycle store is manufactured from a combination of powder coated steel and laminated glass to be sympathetic to the surrounding area and was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations to demonstrated that he glass would not be affected by the vacuum created by fast trains passing through the station. The two-tier cycle racks are housed in a bespoke contemporary design of the classic FalcoLok shelter, which feature clean lines through the glass cladding supported by stainless steel glass clamps. The whole shelter is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and then polyester powder coated in RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium. 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 the client (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. For more information about the innovative double decker system or how Falco can incorporate the cycle rack into your project or scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.