London cycle hire scheme to go live to casual users
The scheme currently has more than 100,000 members
The Mayor and Transport for London have announced that Barclays Cycle Hire scheme will go live to casual users.
As of Friday 3 December, anyone with a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card will be able to go to their nearest docking station and follow the simple on screen instructions at the terminal to release a bike.
The bikes are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Once the user has purchased their access period for either 24 hours or seven days, the first 30 minutes of any journey will be free of usage charges.
Currently the scheme has more than 100,000 members who have already made over 1.7 million journeys.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "Now it has been thoroughly tried and tested by more than a hundred thousand members we are ready for the next stage where anyone who fancies taking to two wheels can do so in an instant with a simple swipe of their card."
Further information:
Transport for London
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