OWNERS of bikes abandoned at Oxford Railway Station have until tomorrow to ‘remove them or lose them’.

Six weeks ago train operator First Great Western and British Transport Police tagged about 500 bikes left in racks outside the station.

The company said the purge was part of a clampdown on vandalised and abandoned bikes which had been left outside the station and were take up valuable space needed by Rail passengers.

Spokesman Dan Panes said: “We do this quite regularly.

“About six weeks ago we tagged all the bikes outside the station and put a note on explaining what we were doing.

“We explained people had until March 29 to remove the tag otherwise their bike would be seized, refurbished and sent to charity.”