A Worcester man trying to use public transport to get to his job in Birmingham says he may as well use a car as the risk of fines is putting him off parking his motorbike.

Ian Jones, of Woolmead Row in Warndon Villages, was surprised to find a notice attached to his motorbike outside Shrub Hill station warning that he would be fined £50 if he did not buy a parking ticket.

The 37-year-old has been parking at Shrub Hill Station on and off for the past year and said he had never been told to buy a ticket before.

The notice told him that motorbikes as well as cars must pay to park, and that he should display the ticket in his window screen - despite the fact his bike does not have one.

The biker contacted NCP who told him that instead of displaying a ticket he could tell staff he had bought one.

Mr Jones said: "I get there early in the morning and there is nobody around to tell. They also told me that if I did receive any fines, I would have to send it back to NCP, along with the ticket I'd bought and told the staff about, and they would cancel the fine.

"What a waste of time. I'd be sending a ticket off everyday."

Mr Jones, who catches a train to New Street Station in Birmingham and then walks to work in the Jewellery Quarter, is frustrated that he has been asked to pay, but said he will if he has to.

"There should be reduced rates for bikes, we don't take up as much room as cars. It costs £3 a day to park and on top of the monthly train pass, it would be cheaper for me to drive all the way to work.

"I'm trying to use public transport but this isn't helping."

NCP communications manager, James Pritchard, said the Shrub Hill parking attendants are aware of Mr Jones' situation.

He said: "We are asking him to put his ticket in a small plastic bag, and tape it on to his handle bar. This will protect it from the elements."

Mr Pritchard said NCP welcome Mr Jones' custom and is working with him to resolve the problem.

"We have another railway car park customer who does the same thing.

"Our car park staff have been made aware of the motorbike and we are sympathetic."