A BIKE marking and maintenance event is taking place outside Worcester Foregate Street station next week.

The Friends of Foregate Street Station will be holding another free bike marking and maintenance event on Wednesday, September 13 between 3pm and 6pm.

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The event takes place outside Foregate Street Station with the aim of 'catching the commuter crowd and passing traffic'.

The Community Services team at Worcester City Council will mark and register bikes to aid recovery in the event they are stolen and will be joined by Reliant Cycle Services who are offering a basic bicycle check-up.

Sunil de Sayrah, of the Friends of Foregate Street, said: "The aim of the Friends group is to promote community engagement at the station and this event has proved popular with Worcester's cycling community.

"We have also held charity promotions and display a monthly What's On in Worcester guide in the waiting room."

The Friends of Foregate Street Station oppose the rail ticket closure plans for Worcester and responded to the consultation which closed on September 1, receiving 680,000 responses.