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Cudzoziemiec:
Nominations close on Thursday 14th September for the annual Cycle-Rail Awards.

--- Quote ---Cycle-Rail Awards 2017

Now in its 13th year, the Cycle-Rail Awards recognise the progress made by the rail industry and associated organisations towards encouraging integrated cycle-rail travel.

The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has a clear aim to encourage the greater use of cycles to access the railway. The awards enable RDG, its partners and stakeholders to move closer towards fulfilling this aim by improving communication and developing best practice.

The Awards will be held on Thursday 23rd November 2017.

For any queries, please email cycle-railawards@raildeliverygroup.com
How to enter

There are eight categories. Click here to browse the categories and criteria for entry.

The 2017 National Cycle-Rail Awards open for entries and nominations from Monday 24th July 2017 and closes on Thursday 14th September 2017 at 17:00. The entry forms will be available on the category pages between those dates.

All entries will be treated in the strictest confidence. The judges’ decision is final and no discussion or correspondence relating to any of their decisions will be entered into.
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https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/cycle-rail-awards.html

Apparently the original deadline was yesterday, they've extended it due to the low number of entries.

Kim:
And remember: The first rule of the cycle-rail awards is that it's never about bikes on trains!

Cudzoziemiec:
From elsewhere:
--- Quote ---Facebook comment on the awards reflects a widespread view that it's not so much the stations - more the trains - that need to be encouraged to improve cycle provision ...

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Jakob W:
I mean, ideally we'd have both - more secure parking would be nice, and (though there is probably a touch of the chicken and the egg here) would probably be used more than the two bikes on a train or whatever is actually available these days.

SoreTween:

--- Quote from: Kim on 12 September, 2017, 12:56:18 pm ---And remember: The first rule of the cycle-rail awards is that it's never about bikes on trains!

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You're not kidding, it's hard to find a category you could shoehorn a nomination for something on board into.  There is an email in the OP link though....


--- Quote from: me ---Hi,

Could you please consider adding a category to your awards in future years dedicated to provision of facilities on board trains?  Your awards are heavily biased towards every part of a cycle rail journey that occurs off the train.  It is likely that nomination for this category would be few initially as it is an area that desperately needs encouragement.

Regards
Soretween

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And the paragraph I decided against including:

--- Quote from: Grumpy but honest me ---Or perhaps add a 'worst' award in which we can nominate TOCs that use the cycle space as overflow storage for the on-board refreshments.  Or staff that refuse to remove able bodied people occupying the cycle spaces.  Or staff that refuse to remove baggage from the cycle spaces.  Or TOCs that only provide spaces too narrow for mountain bikes, too short for recumbent cycles or too everything for a hand trike.

No actually a worst category is a bad idea, you'd be inundated.

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