Transport For London (TfL) cycle hire scheme

Since the launch on 30th of July 2010 you have access to 6000+ bikes with 400 docking stations all over Central London.

• Users can pay £1 for 24-hour access, £5 for seven-day access, or take out a £45 annual Membership. Subsequently, each completed journey of up to half an hour will be free of charge. Journeys of between 30 minutes and one hour will cost £1, £4 for up to 90 minutes and £6 for up to two hours. Charges then increase incrementally up to a maximum hire period of 24 hours.
• TfL has worked closely with the nine London boroughs and several Royal Parks that the scheme will cover to identify the most suitable locations for docking stations, with all applications subject to planning consent and including a period of consultation. The boroughs, as the planning authorities, have been making the final decision on whether to approve the locations.
• In order to maximise the chance of people being able to return a bicycle to the docking station of their choice, there will be approximately 1.7 bicycle docking points for each bicycle. This means that, once the scheme is complete, there will be 10,200 docking points spread across 400 docking stations. Redistribution teams will be in place to move bicycles from quieter docking stations to busier ones throughout the day.

Cycling links

The OpenStreetMap Cycle Map provides the base layer for this map. Cycle routes are shown as a lavender. Cycle shops are also shown if you need repairs or just want to go shopping. To edit data for cycle routes visit their site and register as a contributor.

• Register on this site to add and update details of London tourist sites. As part of the ongoing development of this site the next part of the plan is to add to mashup using travel data maintained by TfL for integrated travel solutions.
• Get in touch if you know of travel information for London or for other cities around the World which is easily accessible on-line.
• Save a permalink reference to map location.