Santander Cycles

by TfL


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The self-service, bike-sharing scheme for short journeys in inner London.


Santander Cycles is the self-service, bike-sharing scheme for short journeys in inner London.The official Santander Cycles app from Transport for London is the only app to send bike release codes straight to your smartphone. So you can skip past the docking station terminal and get on your bike quicker.Simply register with your bank card, and use the app to ‘Hire now’ from a nearby docking station. Follow the instructions to get your bike release code. Tap the code into the docking point and you’re good to go!You can also:• See up-to-the minute information about which docking stations have bikes and spaces available • Plan a journey with an easy to follow map • Receive notifications – for example, summarising the cost at the end of your hire • View your recent journeys and charges • Save your favourite docking stations• Become a London Rider - complete challenges and hire cycles to earn entries into a weekly prize draw!Each bike release code is valid for 10 minutes at your chosen docking station.Please note the app doesn’t reserve bikes. If there are no bikes available at the docking station, don’t worry. Use the app to find a nearby docking station with bikes, and get another bike release code to use there. You won’t be charged until you use the release code.You must be 18 or over to hire a bike, and 14 or over to ride one. For full Santander Cycles terms and conditions, see tfl.gov.uk/santandercyclesUpdated to support 3DS2

Read trusted reviews from application customers

Used to work, now it's broken. It's a real shame, I liked being able to hire a bike by tapping a few times in my phone. Please fix it

Álvaro Mendoza

Can't hire a single thing don't download its pointless

Joseph Vella

Does not say what missing perameters are when trying to fill in your address/card details so you are stuck, not knowing what is incorrectly entered.

EDITYOUR NAME

Terrible. Took 15 mins to make an account and still wouldn't accept my card details.

Yon Borthwick

This app doesn't work at all anymore. Cannot add my card ("invalid parameters"), while it was working fine before.

Guillaume Delarue

this is the worst app i have ever in my life experienced like die istg santander just let me give u money i just wanna ride a bike - "its so bad i wanna give you a zero but i cant so i give you a one"

Lily Mo

Not accepting payments, card details are not saving, are made to be entered each time and pot luck if it will actually work.

Barry Hyde

The app doesn't recognise the nearest station, I could not update my bank details and the buttons / links stop working after each try so I have to reset the app. It used to just have issues with location but it seems to have gotten worse recently.

Romain Moulay

Useless. Never managed to get the app working total waste of time.

Elizabeth Brown

Really poor app that looks cheap, runs terribly and full of bugs. I can't actually pay for a cycle at the moment

Matt Grimwade