TQ2878 : London Cycle Hire Stand at Elizabeth Bridge London
taken 9 years ago, near to City of Westminster, England
Santanders Cycles is a public bicycle sharing scheme in London, sponsored by the Spanish banking group Santander who took over sponsorship from April 2015 on a 7 year contact worth around £7m a year.
London cycle sharing scheme was originally launched in July 2010 as Barclays Cycle Hire Link sponsored by Barclays banking group. The Barclays blue theme was replaced by Santanders red colours.
In April 2015 there were over 700 docking stations supporting over 11,500 cycles, and by 2016 these are due to expand to 1000 docking stations with a further 2,500 cycles.
In 2015 it cost £2 for 24 hours of bike access and for journeys over 30minutes an additional £2 for each extra period of up to 30 mins used.
Barclays Cycle Hire is a public bicycle sharing scheme that was launched on 30 July 2010 in London. At launch there were 315 bicycle docking stations and 5,000 bicycles available in central London, with 400 docking stations and 6,000 bicycles being available at the end of summer 2010.
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See Link for an online map of positions of the docking stations.