Pets and bikes on the London Underground

[d000hg]

It's easier to take a train and hire a car when you get there

9+ hours in a car with a cat not ideal!

[bobspud]

I suppose it depends where you are going then you get down there but there is next to bugger all transport so it might just be easier to drive.

[BrilloPad]

Just cycle with your pet Rott on the back. When you get runover, release the hound.

HTH

[d000hg]

I'd quite like to take our cat on the sleeper train

[NickFitz]

It's a house cat so I think it'll have enough fun exploring inside More worried about putting it in the guard van on the regular train in case it tulips everwhere.

Judging by the photos of cats glaring out of cages one sees on Twitter, people usually take the cat to their seat with them on trains. Obviously a seat at a table is desirable. Putting it up on the luggage rack might give it a better view of what's going on, though.

[The_Equalizer]

Peak-times you might have a problem with the bikes some lines you can't take them on till later in the day if not folding. Pets are no issue though I used to commute in daily with this dude Next stop Barking: The giant dog that's become a hit on London's underground | Daily Mail Online haven't seen him for a few years though now might of died.

I take both my kids (aged one and four) on the train to work each morning. Then again, I'm no where near London.

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

Other than the severe tutting you'd get trying to take anything cumbersome on the tube at peak times, are there actually rules about taking your bike and/or pet (in a carry-cage) into the underground?

We're planning to spend some time in my (recently deceased) mother's house in Cornwall over the summer and want to take our cat... our journey by train involves hopping from KGX->PADD. Also, we plan to invite a friend and recommend they bring their bike but similarly they would have to cross London and might have too much stuff (or too little confidence, I wouldn't blame them!) to cycle across.

Don't worry, we'll do it when the trains are quiet... having been the guy trying to take a suitcase and two guitars, I know it's not sensible to do this at rush-hour

Peak-times you might have a problem with the bikes some lines you can't take them on till later in the day if not folding. Pets are no issue though I used to commute in daily with this dude Next stop Barking: The giant dog that's become a hit on London's underground | Daily Mail Online haven't seen him for a few years though now might of died.

[d000hg]

It's a house cat so I think it'll have enough fun exploring inside More worried about putting it in the guard van on the regular train in case it tulips everwhere.

[bobspud]

You tend to see most things carried on a tube or a train at some point. I wouldn't worry too much.
However letting your cat loose in Cornwall might prove a challenge if it does the usual thing that cats do and buggers off somewhere better in the last week before you try and go home.

[d000hg]

That's really helpful, thanks. I'll have to check if Kings Cross to Paddington is in the allowed parts

[The_Equalizer]

Other than the severe tutting you'd get trying to take anything cumbersome on the tube at peak times, are there actually rules about taking your bike and/or pet (in a carry-cage) into the underground?

We're planning to spend some time in my (recently deceased) mother's house in Cornwall over the summer and want to take our cat... our journey by train involves hopping from KGX->PADD. Also, we plan to invite a friend and recommend they bring their bike but similarly they would have to cross London and might have too much stuff (or too little confidence, I wouldn't blame them!) to cycle across.

Don't worry, we'll do it when the trains are quiet... having been the guy trying to take a suitcase and two guitars, I know it's not sensible to do this at rush-hour

See Transport for London's Conditions of Carriage points 13.2.1 (bikes) and 16 (animials):

Conditions of Carriage

[d000hg]

Other than the severe tutting you'd get trying to take anything cumbersome on the tube at peak times, are there actually rules about taking your bike and/or pet (in a carry-cage) into the underground?

We're planning to spend some time in my (recently deceased) mother's house in Cornwall over the summer and want to take our cat... our journey by train involves hopping from KGX->PADD. Also, we plan to invite a friend and recommend they bring their bike but similarly they would have to cross London and might have too much stuff (or too little confidence, I wouldn't blame them!) to cycle across.

Don't worry, we'll do it when the trains are quiet... having been the guy trying to take a suitcase and two guitars, I know it's not sensible to do this at rush-hour