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A bicycle parking station, or bicycle garage, is a building or structure designed for use as a
bicycle parking Bicycle parking is part of the cycling infrastructure of a populated place allowing for the storage of bicycles when they are not being used. Parking facilities for bicycles include racks, lockers, parking stations, and covered areas. Bicycle ...
facility. Such a facility can be as simple as a lockable bike cage or shed or as complex as a purpose-built multi-level building: the common purpose is that they provide secure bicycle parking. Bicycle parking stations also go by names such as ''bike stations'', ''bicycle centers'' and ''cycle centers'', among many others. Bicycle parking stations can offer additional facilities such as bicycle repairs, and customer facilities such as showers or lockers. Some are staffed while others are not. Some require users to join as members, while others are on a per-use basis or completely free of charge. Some are based at railway stations to facilitate "
bike and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapi ...
" multi-modal transport, while others are situated at the end of the commute and as such are located in town or city centres, universities, and workplaces. Advanced bicycle parking station provide protection from weather, thieves and vandalism not only for the vehicle but also for the helmets and other personal belongings. In order to use less floor space, they store the vehicles vertically, either in a kind of towers or under the floor in shafts. It is important that the access time is short, even if several users want to store or transfer their bicycles at the same time.


Operation

Bicycle parking stations are often operated by local governments or municipalities or they can be private businesses run by bike shops or non-profit bicycle advocacy organizations. Some are fully automated.


Types

There are several types of bicycle parking stations. Most bicycle parking stations are non-automatic, and the user usually leaves their bike at bicycle parking racks in the facility. These facility are usually sheltered or indoor, but unsheltered outdoor facilities also exist. Automatic bike parking stations exist in many forms, such as underground silos using
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.


Services

Bike stations may have several services connected to the facility, including on-site security or a gate or door secured by key or by
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access to prevent thefts. Customers may also be able to use showers or locker rooms and changing rooms. There may be on site bathrooms and drinking fountains as well as food and beverages available via vending machines. There may also be information available, such as pamphlets/brochures for
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, maps and other literature ,e.g. about cycling routes or nearby points of interest. Some may even provide classes, e.g. bike maintenance or local area knowledge.


Bike services

Some bike stations (such as at many railway stations in the Netherlands) have staff who are able to carry out simple or complex repairs for a fee. This is useful for commuters who can leave their bike there in the morning and pick it up fully repaired at the end of the day when on the way home. Regardless of whether repairs are available at a station or not, the station may also provide parts and accessories for sale, an air pump, and bicycle rentals.


Pricing

The most common pricing scheme for bike stations are: * a ''
user pays User pays, or beneficiary pays, is a pricing approach based on the idea that the most efficient allocation (and consumption) of resources occurs when consumers pay the full cost of the goods that they consume. In public finance it stands in oppo ...
'' service: the stations cost money to use, either through daily, weekly, monthly payments or through periodic memberships (though sometimes non-members can pay for daytime locker use). * free-of-charge service: the bike stations are usually fully paid for by the local municipality, local regional government, or by the operating company (e.g. for bicycle parking stations located at railway stations) * mixed system: some small charge may be required from the end-user (e.g. an administration charge) but the bulk of the operating costs are paid for by another entity.


Construction costs

* The bike station in Washington, D.C., opened in 2009 and cost 4 million US dollarsFree Wheelin'
for of space and storage for 150 bicycles. * The
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Cycle Centre in Brisbane, Queensland opened in June 2008 and cost 7 million Australian dollars.Queensland Transport Cycle Network Program: Completed Projects
accessed 11 May 2010.
It has 33 showers, 420 lockers, and parking for 420 bicycles in two-level racks. * The bike station at
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Railway Station in the Netherlands was completed in 2019 for around €30 million and holds 12,500 bicycles, making it the world's largest. It has three levels of double-decker bike racks, connected by gentle sloping ramps. * The RBWH Cycle Centre in Brisbane opened in November 2009 and cost A$8 million. It has 40 showers, more than 900 lockers, and parking for 750 bicycles. * The ''Parkiteer'' swipe card accessible bike cages of
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, which have at least 26 racks in them and cost approximately $AUD110,000 each.


Bicycle parking stations around the world

Underground bicycle parking next to Radstation in Koluszki railway station, Poland. The following is a list of selected bicycle parking stations located in several countries around the world, often at train stations. *Australia **
Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
- , there are more than 150 ''Parkiteer'' bicycle parking cages spread across Melbourne's 222
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stations, including 2 at
park-and-ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system ( ...
bus stations and 29 at
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regional rail Regional rail is a public transport, public rail transport service that operates between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and unlike commuter rail, operate beyond the limits of urban areas, connectin ...
stations across the state of Victoria. These cages are accessible via registered
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or
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through a
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. Most have bike racks for 26 bicycles each, though some have capacity for up to 67 bicycles. ''Parkiteer'' facilities at railway station precincts are provided in addition to casual open-air bicycle parking racks. **
Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
: air conditioned facilities with showers, lockers, maintenance and dry cleaning services ***cycle2city, located at
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in the CBD (also known as the King George Square Cycle Centre), with 420 placescycle2city
accessed 11 May 2010.
***RBWH Cycle Centre, located at the
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in Herston with 750 places *Europe **Belgium ***
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Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station (; ) is the main railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, and the fourth-busiest in Belgium and busiest in Flanders, with 17.65 million passengers a year. The station is operated by the National Railw ...
, under construction: two stations to host 17,000 bicycle parking spots in total. **Germany ***
Düren Düren (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur (river), Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the ter ...
''Fahrradparkhaus'' with 360 places ***
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, ''Radstation'' with 3,300 places, a new facility with 2,000 places on the other side of the railway station is under construction. **Netherlands ***
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
****''Fietsparkeergarage Prins Hendrikplantsoen'' with 7000 places under construction. ****''Fietsenstalling IJboulevard'' with 4000 places under construction. ****''Fietsparkeergarage Strawinskylaan'' with 3750 places. ****''Fietsenstalling Leidseplein'' with 2000 places. ***
Arnhem Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...
''Fietsenstalling Station'' with 4500 places. ***
Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
****''Stationsstalling 1'' with 5000 places. ****''Stationsstalling 2'' with 2700 places. ****''Stationsstalling 3'' with 2400 places. ***
Deventer Deventer (; Sallaans dialect, Sallands: ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Salland historical region of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ...
''Fietsenstalling Stationsplein'' with 3600 places. *** Ede ''Fietsenstalling Station'' with around 5500 places. ***
Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...
****''Fietsenstalling station'' with around 3000 places. ***
Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
****''Stadsbalkon'' with around 5500 places. ****''Fietsenstalling station'' with around 5000 places under construction. ***
Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...
''Lorentz'' with 4800 places. ***
Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; ; ; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital city, capital and largest city of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Maastricht is loca ...
''Fietsenstalling station'' with around 3000 places. ***
Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...
****''Fietstransferium Doornroosje'' with 4000 places. ****''Fietsenstalling Station'' with 2600 places. ***
Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
''Centraal Station'', with 5190 places. ***
The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
''Koningin Julianaplein'' with around 8000 places. ***
Tilburg Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 22 ...
****''Stationsstalling Noordzijde'' with 3900 places. ****''Stationsstalling Zuidzijde'' with 3400 places. ***
Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
****''Stationsplein'', with 12,500 places it’s the world’s largest bicycle parking stationSee
Utrecht to build world's biggest bike park - for 12,500 bikes
DutchNews.nl, Sunday 27 April 2014. Accessed on 28 April 2014.
and only one of about 20 stations with around 33,000 parking spots near Utrecht Central Railway Station. ****''Jaarbeursplein'' with 4200 places. ****''Knoop'' with 3200 places ***
Zwolle Zwolle () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel ...
''Fietsenstalling Stationsplein'' with 5475 places. **Spain ***
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- Biceberg system at the bus station. ***
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- Biceberg system at Club Deportivo Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz. ***
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- Biceberg system; one facility in Plaza San Pedro Nolasco, and a second facility in
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. **United Kingdom ***
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has developed several Cycle Hubs. ***
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- The new station development contains around 3000 places. *North America **Bikestatio

Long Beach, Covina, Claremont, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, CA, Washington DC, and Seattle WA

** Bicycling in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - The
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in
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. **
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- Located downtown at 10th & Locust. **
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- Bike parkades are located at some SkyTrain and
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stations. *South America **
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, a suburb southwest of
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at the Mauá railway station on Line 10 of the
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video of the bike station
on
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. This bicicletário (bike rack in Portuguese) is operated b
ASCOBIKE
or Assoçiâo dos Condutores de Bicicletas.


See also

*
Cyclability Cyclability is the degree of ease of bicycle circulation. A greater degree of cyclability in cities is related, among others, to benefits for people's health, lower levels of air and noise pollution, improved fluidity of traffic or increased prod ...


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