Case Studies

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.  

Falco was awarded the project to manufacture, supply and install a series of 80 FalcoLevel-Premium+ cycle parking spaces to Bromley South Station on the Chatham Main Line. The modern cycle parking facility 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.  Each two-tier space was powder coated in a RAL colour to match the colour of the existing cycle canopies. To compliment the cycle parking facility Falco also manufactured and supplied a FalcoFix cycle repair stand with integated cycle pump allowing users to carry out basic cycle maintenance on the go. Bromley South railway station is a major station on the Chatham Main Line in Greater London within the London Borough of Bromley. Serving the major suburban town of Bromley, the station is managed by Southeastern with an annual passenger usage of 7.4m. FalcoLevel-Premium+ The FalcoLevel Premium+ is an innovative and user friendly cycle parking system which accommodates twice the number of bicycles compared to any other traditional cycle rack or stand. Manufactured from robust steel and aluminium, creates a significant reduction in noise pollution, is smoother to operate and is just as easy to park a bike on the upper rack as the lower rack. Falco has manufactured and installed the innovative two-tier system at hundreds of cycle parking projects UK-wide including; 3,000 spaces for the UK’s most prestigious cycle hub at Cambridge Station, a number of cycle hubs for the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a state-of-the-art development at Hull Cycle Hub and over 500 railway stations stretching across the UK. For more information about the innovative FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Work on installing the final floor of the UK’s most prestigious CyclePoint with a number of secure cycle parking systems has been completed by Falco bringing the cycle hub to full capacity. The second floor of the cycle hub boasts an additional 1,230 bikes utilising the FalcoLevel-Premium two-tier cycle rack, FalcoVert semi-vertical cycle rack and traditional Sheffield cycle Stands. 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 large floors, Cambridge CyclePoint marks a milestone for cyclists and pedestrians who commute within the city. The final phase will see the opening of the cycle shop, in March or April. On completion, the CyclePoint will provide parking for over 2850 cycles over three floors, will be free to use, open 24/7 and feature state of the art CCTV and customer help points. Access between the floors is by a shallow-stepped cycle ramp from the front entrance, with a separate pedestrian exit giving direct access to the Station Square and the station itself. All three floors are covered by an extensive CCTV system, which can be monitored from the station and will provide recorded images to prosecution standard. Help points will also be located on each floor, connected to the Communications Centre in the station. CyclePoint will be open round the clock, 7 days a week, to allow cyclists arriving on the last trains or departing on the first trains the following morning plenty of time to access their bikes. CCTV and security inspections will continue to monitor the facility throughout the night. Furthermore, all parking within CyclePoint will be free of charge to the user. For more information about the project at Cambridge CyclePoint, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Cycle Parking Super Hub – The UK’s Largest On Monday 15th February Cambridge CyclePoint, the largest cycle parking hub in the UK, opened it’s doors to cyclists. With almost 3,000 spaces, the Cambridge Station facility is three times bigger than the previous largest - Chelmsford with 1,000 spaces. “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” said Falco MD Jeremy Green. First Class Product – Client’s View “Falco have pulled out all the stops to bring a first class product to Cambridge CyclePoint...” this was the view from Geraint Hughes, Partnerships Manager for Abellio Greater Anglia who commented "This has been a complex project to deliver, with challenging timescales. Falco have pulled out all the stops to bring a first class product to Cambridge CyclePoint, which our customers are already beginning to appreciate." The Ultimate Two Tier Cycle Racks - The FalcoLevel Premium+ The 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. Great Media Coverage! Please visit the following links to see some great videos and media reports about the new facility:       ITV News Report       Cambridge TV       Simon Nutall (Video 1)       Simon Nuttall (Video 2)       ITV News Update       Cambridge News       Cambridge 105 Podcast The UK's Largest Cycle Hub Openend on the 15th February CyclePoint opens its doors for the first time on February 15 2016, providing safe and secure parking in the largest facility of its type at a UK rail station. With on-site maintenance, cycle hire and a cycle shop all under one roof, this innovative project is the culmination of a programme of design, collaboration and construction between Abellio and partners, Network Rail, developers Brookgate and teams of contractors including Falco UK Ltd. CyclePoint will open in three phases, the first providing parking for more than 1500 cycles on the ground and first floor from 15 February. In March, the second floor will open, bringing CyclePoint up to full capacity. The final phase will see the opening of the cycle shop, in March or April. On completion, the CyclePoint will provide parking for over 2850 cycles over three floors, will be free to use, open 24/7 and feature state of the art CCTV and customer help points. Easy, convenient, free! CyclePoint provides parking for over 2850 cycles across 3 floors, in a mix of two-tier racks and Sheffield stands. Access between the floors is by a shallow-stepped cycle ramp from the front entrance, with a separate pedestrian exit giving direct access to the Station Square and the station itself. All three floors are covered by an extensive CCTV system, which can be monitored from the station and will provide recorded images to prosecution standard. Help points will also be located on each floor, connected to the Communications Centre in the station. CyclePoint will be open round the clock, 7 days a week, to allow cyclists arriving on the last trains or departing on the first trains the following morning plenty of time to access their bikes. CCTV and security inspections will continue to monitor the facility throughout the night. Furthermore, all parking within CyclePoint will be free of charge to the user. Using CyclePoint The main entrance to CyclePoint will be located on the west side of the building, opposite the new Northern Access Road. Approach routes will be the same as those currently in operation to the temporary parking area. Two wide entrances provide access to a dismount area at the foot of the stepped ramps up to the first floor. As indicated below, the ground floor will be largely reserved for those with special parking requirements, so the majority of users will proceed up the ramp to the higher floors. Each ramp has four parallel wheeling channels (two up and two down). Each floor has a different colour scheme and each row of stands is numbered to allow customers to easily locate their bikes on return. Customers will leave the CyclePoint by the pedestrian staircase at the south-east corner of the building, which leads down to Station Square, near the temporary ticket office. On their return, access is via the pedestrian staircase and exit via the stepped ramps. Help points will be located on all floors.  Special Users Areas of the ground floor will be reserved for ‘out of gauge’ cycles, and for those who find use of the stairs difficult. If you do not specifically require these facilities, please continue up the access ramp to the general parking areas on the first and second floors. Specific cycle parking for hotel staff is also provided in a dedicated area at the rear of the ground floor, as required by the planning consent. Equipment Two-tier racks will be provided by Falco UK, comprised entirely of their FalcoLevel Premium+ product, which is widely used in the Netherlands and other parts of the UK. Falco will also provide the Sheffield stands, which will be distributed across all three floors. Over the next few months Abellio Greater Anglia’s contractors have been working hard on the fit-out of the CyclePoint since the shell of the facility was handed over by Brookgate’s contractor Galliford Try in November. Galliford Try will continue to work on the external cladding of the building, which also includes the Ibis hotel, over the initial few months of operation of the CyclePoint. It is expected that the hotel will be completed in June of this year, which will then allow all the scaffolding to be removed and the full benefits of the building to be achieved. This means that for the first few months of operation, access to and from CyclePoint will be through temporary access tunnels in the external scaffolding of the building. Everything you need at Rutland Cycling We are pleased to announce that major cycle retailer Rutland Cycling has secured the tenancy for the CyclePoint shop. Fit-out of the retail area has commenced, and the shop will open on a date to be confirmed in the Spring. Rutland will offer cycle and accessory sales, maintenance and cycle hire from their area within CyclePoint, which occupies around half of the ground floor. With their recent investment in the Station Cycles business at three locations within the Greater Cambridge area, Rutland is well placed to offer a comprehensive service to all cyclists.

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.