Bike lockers

At 65 of Melbourne's train stations you will find one or more of the 571 bike lockers available. These lockers are usually found on the stations platform and are reserved for those who have registered and paid a deposit of up to $100.

Whilst these lockers offer security and protection for bikes left at train stations, they only provide this for a fortunate few who are aware of the system.

Federal and State Governments are refurbishing the old bike lockers seen on the platforms of many suburban train stations as well as adding 212 new lockers.

In the past an annual $79 rental fee was associated with bike lockers, however in April this year the rental fee was dropped. It is still necessary to pay a bond of either $50 or $100 depending on whether the locker has a lock or you need to supply your own.

These 212 new lockers will come at a cost of $516,000 ($216,000 federal government and $300,000 state government), whilst Bicycle Victoria is happy that the State and Federal governments are investing money in bicycle facilities at train stations we believe this money could used more wisely. This investment is known as the Cycle Connect project.

Bicycle Victoria agrees that there is a demand for secure bike parking at train stations, however we think that bike cages are the long-term answer.

For more information on how to use bike lockers at train stations click here to go to the Connex website.

Parkiteer

Bicycle Victoria wants to make it easy for you to integrate with the public transport by bike. That’s why we are working with the Department of Transport to get free, undercover bike parking cages at stations across Victoria.

Operated by Bicycle Victoria, parking in a Parkiteer cage is free. Secure access is provided by an access card system and movements in and out of the cages are electronically monitored. There is a $50 deposit for the security card.

For further information or to register for access to a cage, please see our Parkiteer page below.