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The Belfast Bikes scheme is set to be expanded to Queen's University and Titanic Belfast as it celebrates journey milestone.

New stations for the bikes, which launched in April, are set to open at Queen's University and in the Titanic Quarter.

The extension to Phase 1 was agreed in June and details are now coming to light about what plans entail.

The planning and design of the extension is currently underway and includes two new station at Queen's University and in Titanic Quarter.

It has been proposed 16 docking points will be outside the QUB Students' union, University Street, and 14 located at College Green outside Queen's Library and the entrance to Botanic Gardens.

Construction is planned for the middle of October and it is hoped they will be operational by the end of the month.

The cost for the construction of these stations is being covered by Titanic Quarter Limited and Queen's University Belfast, according to council papers.

It is hoped the extension will ease pressure on stations at the Odyssey and Bradbury Place, two of the busiest points.

The report also revealed further expansions could be in the pipeline as organisations such as the Belfast Trust and the Department for Social Development have expressed an interest in contributing towards capital costs of expansions to City Hospital, Royal Hospital and Mater Hospital and Building Successful Communities' pilot areas adjacent to the city centre.

In the first five months the scheme has reached the milestone of 100,000 journeys, outperforming other schemes such as Glasgow which took 14 months to reach the same number.

The report to councillors said vandalism incidents were higher than anticipated and ongoing. They resulted in the temporary closure of the Stewart Street docking station for several weeks at the end of August.

The target for membership uptake is 3% of the city's population - around 10,000 subscribers. Currently there are 9,700 customers registered of which 4.764 are subscribers.