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Belair line cyclists squeezed out as Keolis Downer enforces carriage limits
Mountain bikers awaiting a ride back into the Adelaide foothills have been blocked from trains, users have said, in an apparent crackdown on numbers by its newly privatised operator, Keolis Downer (KD).
Key points:
- Adelaide’s new passenger train operators have been enforcing a limit of four bikes per carriageway
- The rule’s enforcement has had a significant impact on the Mitcham Hills mountain bike circuit
- Local MP Sam Duluk has backed calls for an extra bike-only carriage on weekends
The Mitcham Hills mountain bike circuit is popular with teenagers and schoolchildren, who ride the trails downhill from Belair before catching a train back up the hill to do it again.
The bikers, who also include adults, are on weekends the biggest user of the…
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