Case Studies

Reading 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 600 extra secure FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking spaces sheltered by the spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, a FalcoFix cycle repair station, a FalcoBoost robust cycle pump and seating for those tired commuter legs! The new facility is situated on the northern side of the newly refurbished CrossRail Reading Station, off Vastern Road and is fully lit and 100% covered. Pictured with Falco’s Managing Director, Jeremy Green, are Cllr Tony Page, (Deputy Leader of Reading Borough Council and Lead Member for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport) and Cris Butler – (Asset Network Manager and Project Manager) for the hub. Councillor Tony Page, Reading Borough Council’s Lead Member for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, said: “This new facility is the latest in a long line of improvements delivered by the Council in and around Reading Station. “The hub includes easy parking for 600 bicycles, which we hope will encourage even more people to cycle to the station before they switch to train travel. “The new hub adds to the Council’s sustainable transport offer. Over the last year we have delivered Christchurch Bridge and new park and ride sites at Mereoak and Winnersh, with parking for nearly 1,000 vehicles. “Reading is a busy town and the capital of the Thames Valley, which brings with it many competing demands on our limited road network. Making it easy for people to choose realistic, sustainable transport options, like cycling and bus travel, is the only way we can cut congestion and reduce delays.” Work on the new cycle hub was being funded through the council’s successful Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) and is the latest in a long line of modern cycle hubs and cycle parks to be delivered across the UK’s rail network. In the last year alone Falco has delivered more than 5,000 cycle parking spaces to UK railway stations and continues to bring best practise to cycle hub design. FalcoLevel-Premium Two-Tier Cycle Rack 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. Falco has installed the innovative double decker cycle parking system to many sites in the past month alone, these include: Lahti Central Station Royal Mail Heathrow Distribution Centre, Slough Secure Cycle Parking for Bromley South Station Falco Completes 3,000 Cycle Parking Spaces for the UK's Largest Cycle Hub Falco Completes the Fourth Waltham Forest Community Cycle Hub at Lea bridge Road Station Falco Supplies Contemporary Cycle Hub for Dewsbury Station For more information about the innovative double decker cycle parking system, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.  

Falco continues with the roll out of the next tranche of cycle parking facilities across Abellio ScotRails’s franchised network of over 300 stations across Scotland. Pictured here are four of the latest installations at Livingston North, Inverkeithing, Gourock and Linlithgow Stations. The three year programme, which got underway last July, involves the surveying of stations, proposing solutions and the manufacture, supply and installation of cycle parking systems to help implement Abellio ScotRail’s cycling strategy. In order to create a network-wide brand feel to encourage more people to cycle to stations ScotRail’s strategy is to install standard facilities throughout the network so that cyclists know exactly what to expect regardless of which station they use. Two key products of the programme are the innovative FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack and the robust, spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy. The latest two-tier rack offers superior practicality compared to other cheaper models and is exceptionally user-friendly, quieter in operation and offers enhanced security. The FalcoRail cycle canopy was purposely designed to compliment the two-tier system and offers maximum coverage whilst promoting an open and spacious, robust design with additional snow loading capability to cope with the occasional harsh Scottish Winter! Feedback on the cycle parking facilities newly installed from the first and second tranches has been incredibly positive with both cyclists and staff commenting on the quality and quantity of facilities available. The project is well underway now with new stations getting a cycle makeover each month. Transport Scotland awarded Dutch passenger transport group Abellio the opportunity to run the next ScotRail franchise from April 2015. A key element of the Abellio bid was to increase intermodal transport and central to this was a commitment to install over 3,500 cycle parking spaces within the first three years to increase cycle usage from 3% to 10%. Abellio’s commitment to deliver the UK’s most extensive cycle/rail network includes: £1.6m investment in more cycle parking spaces to have 4,600 by 2017-18. New, fully staffed Dutch style “CyclePoints” at the key city hubs, “CyclePark+” at five others and CycleParks at other stations. Introduction of the popular Bike&Go cycle hire scheme at key stations. For more information about the ScotRail cycle parking project please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

The fourth state-of-the-art cycle hub has officially opened at Lea Bridge Road Station, providing additional secure cycle parking facilities to commuters within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The sleek, stand-out cycle hub at Lea Bridge Road compliments the three existing cycle hub facilities installed within the borough, at; Walthamstow Central, Leytonstone and Wood Street Stations, which have all opened within the last year. The new cycle hub at Lea Bridge Station provides cyclists with up 46 secure FalcoLevel-Premium+ Two-Tier cycle parking spaces with a FalcoFix 2.0 cycle repair station, information display, help point assistance, lighting, CCTV security and branding graphics, all in a sleek and spacious FalcoLok cycle hub design with integrated green sedum roof and powder coating in the attractive Cycle Waltham Forest colours. Six more cycle hubs are to be installed throughout 2016/17 at the following locations: Location Number of Spaces Walthamstow Station Approach 80 Blackhorse Road Station 50 Chingford Station 28 Highams Park Station 28 St James Street Station 28 Leyton Station 120 Members of the public can now register for a membership of all the hubs 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. The day was shared with Abellio who had a celebration opening of the newly resurrected station at  Lea Bridge. Pictured at the opening of the cycle parking hub are; Brian Deegan, Paul Gasson, Mark Bland, Vala Valavan, Cllr Clyde Loakes, Chris Warner and Eric Duval.

Lahti Central Station in Finland is the latest transport hub to receive the popular high density FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system! Falco manufactured 122 spaces of the two-tier system, 106 spaces of the contemporary Falco-M cycle stand and a convenient FalcoBoost cycle pump, creating a purpose built cycle hub capable of accommodating 228 bikes! Lahti Central Station is a key transport hub in Lahti, Southern Finland, providing commuters with city wide bus and train services.   Falco has manufactured and supplied cycle racks, stands and shelters to a number of other European cities including Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Enschede , Almere, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Esbjerg, Berlin, Wittmund, Mannheim, Lüneburg, Dublin and many more. FalcoLevel-Premium+ Two-Tier Cycle Rack 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. More information about the innovative two-tier rack can be found by visiting the product page or by contacting our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This month Falco supplied and installed a series of 50 secure cycle parking spaces utilising the popular FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking system at the Royal Mail Heathrow Distribution Centre in Slough. The spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy was used to provide complete weather protection along with a convenient FalcoFix 2.0 cycle repair station allowing employees to carry out basic cycle maintenance on the go. The canopy and repair station was powder coated in the traditional Royal Mail red to provide additional durability. The FalcoLevel-Premium+ is an innovative and user-friendly cycle parking system used in high density areas to provide maximum cycle parking without compromising on security. The system has been installed at thousands of locations throughout Europe and hundreds of locations in the UK including three thousand spaces for the UK’s largest cycle hub at Cambridge Station, the UK’s first ever cycle hub at Leeds City Station and the former largest cycle hub at Chelmsford Station incorporating 1,000 spaces. For more information about the innovative system please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

The New Year has seen the start of ScotRail’s Cycle Innovation Plan with the roll-out of the first tranche of cycle parking facilities across the Abellio franchised network of over 300 stations throughout Scotland. Pictured here are two of the latest installations at Largs and Linlithgow Stations incorporating the latest FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack. The scheme, which got underway last July, involves the surveying of stations, proposing solutions and the manufacture, supply and installation of cycle parking systems to help implement Abellio ScotRail’s cycling strategy. Two key products of the programme is the innovative FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack and the spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy. The latest two-tier rack offers superior practicality compared to other cheaper models and is exceptionally user-friendly, quieter in operation and offers enhanced security. The FalcoRail cycle canopy was purposely designed to compliment the two-tier system and offers maximum coverage whilst promoting a open spacious and lightweight design and additional snow loading to cope with harsh Scottish Winters. Transport Scotland awarded Dutch passenger transport group Abellio the opportunity to run the next ScotRail franchise in October 2014. A key element of the Abellio bid was to increase intermodal transport and central to this was a commitment to install over 3,500 cycle parking spaces within the first three years to increase cycle usage from 3% to 10%. Abellio’s commitment to deliver the UK’s most extensive cycle/rail network includes: £1.6m investment in more cycle parking spaces to have 4,600 by 2017-18. New, fully staffed Dutch style “CyclePoints” at the key city hubs, “CycleParks+” at five others and CycleParks at other stations. Introduction of the Bike&Go cycle hire scheme. For more information about the ScotRail cycle parking project please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.