Tower Hamlets Wheelers
NEWS RELEASE 4 February 2003
For immediate release
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Local cyclists to accompany Central Line Tube users on their bikes
The Tower Hamlets Wheelers (1) and Redbridge London Cycling Campaign are
offering a 'bicycling bus' service as of Monday 10th February. Tube users
fed up with overcrowding and circuitous journeys caused by the current
Central Line suspension can join experienced local cyclists, where they will
cycle in convoy along the Central Line route, using mainly quiet back street
routes.
On Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th February, Redbridge LCC start from Wanstead
tube at 7:55 a.m., reaching Mile End at 8:20 a.m. to join the Tower Hamlets
Wheelers convoy, who will reach Marble Arch by 9:10 a.m, where there are
shower facilities for £1 at a leisure centre.
For the rest of the week the Wheelers will start the convoy from Mile End at
8:20 a.m.
Return accompanied journeys are also available on request, and the journey
into town can be arranged to suit timings of people wishing to join, if they
contact the Wheelers in advance.
People wishing to join in can contact colin@towerhamletswheelers.org.uk
07799 537 504
The Wheelers are handing out leaflets to Tube users at Mile End every day
this week (2), where the District Line is even more crowded than usual as
people use it instead of the Central Line.
ENDS
for more information contact Alix Stredwick 07903 606 330 (home: 020 8880
6873)
Notes
(1) The Tower Hamlets Wheelers is the local cycle action group in the east
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, campaigning for better cycling facilities
and encouraging more people to cycle - for health, the environment and for
London. The Wheelers are affiliated to the London Cycling Campaign, the
largest urban cycling campaign in the world.
(2) please see attachments in following emails
Tower Hamlets Wheelers
wheelers@towerhamletswheelers.org.uk
www.towerhamletswheelers.org.uk
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