Heathrow Cycle Hub a success

Heathrow Cycle Hub

Each day nearly 1,300 planes arrive and depart on one of the two runways at Heathrow airport, taking more than 190,000 people to destinations around the world. Yet while planes may rule the skies around West London, there's a bike phenomenon taking place on the ground due to the Heathrow cycling hub.

As odd as it seems to ride a bike to a place where flying is the order of business, in 2011 Heathrow became the first airport in the UK to offer its 76,000 employees a cycle to work scheme and their own onsite bike shop.

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45% more employees are cycling to work520 bikes have been sold at the hub shop116 people attended maintenance classes2,700 bikes have been serviced or repaired

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