Well, it was 2003. I also had many problems finding a definitive answer to ‘Can I take my bike on Eurostar’. I even went to Waterloo to ask and they had no idea. Finally I called up and spoke to the people at Eurostar, the limiting faactor is what you can fit through the X-Ray machine. I had a full size bike bag and they scanned it by opening up the bag and using the wand, and by opening up the bike bag. There were lots of people taking bikes on board, in bags and boxes. Again, I think it was coach 9. Nobody told me about this space, I was tryng to put my bike in the carriage end when a helpful guard came along and showed me the place to put my bike bag.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for that tip. When did you last make a Eurostar journey with a bike like that? Our experience (and I’ve done it several times before like that) was based on the advice on the Eurostar website .

I think they’ll allow folding bikes to travel with passengers but I was told that the limiting factor was what could fit through the X-Ray security machines for passengers. And a bike bag for a standard non-folding bicycle certainly wouldn’t.

I’d be delighted to be proven wrong on this!