Angel Wheelchair Accessible and Hand Control Vehicle Hire

Accessible vehicle hire company providing a UK delivery service.

Highgrove Industrial Park
Quartremaine Road
Portsmouth
PO3 5QQ

Tel: 023 92 98724
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Adapted Car Hire

Adapted Car Hire provides a broad range of specially adapted vehicles to cater for the needs of disabled drivers and passengers.  Vehicles can be hired on a daily, weekly and monthly basis (door-to-door delivery and collection service).

13 High Street
Wanstead
London
E11 2AA

Freephone 0800 034 0294
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Association of Train Operating Companies

The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) represents and supports Britain’s passenger railway.

ATOC Limited
3rd Floor, 40 Bernard Street
London
WC1N 1BY

Tel: 020 7841 8000
enquiries@nationalrail.co.uk
www.atoc.org

Direct Enquiries

Provides nationwide access register of UK companies detailing the access and facilities available for disabled people.

www.directenquiries.com

Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

DPTAC is an excellent resource for accessibility information on all modes of transport.

The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Secretariat
2/23 Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DR

Tel: 020 7944 8011
Fax: 020 7944 6998

dptac@dft.gsi.gov.uk
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Eurostar

All Eurostar stations are fully accessible and for passengers using wheelchairs there are spaces in the first class carriages and a toilet compartment with facilities for wheelchair users is located nearby.

Concessionary fares are available for a wheelchair user and companion.  Concessions are also available for a person who accompanies a blind person, but not for the blind traveller in standard accommodation.

Click here to find out more information on Eurostar disabled services

National Express - Coach

National Express is introducing a new generation of coaches onto the UK network that feature a wheelchair lift incorporated into the passenger entrance. The easy access coach features a wide entrance and a completely flat floor throughout the coach to aid mobility for all. Other features include reclining leather seats, air conditioning and a large toilet. A programme of routes is currently being planned to roll out the accessible coaches across the network, with the whole network being fully accessible by 2012.

Meanwhile, for details of existing accessible services, together with concessionary fares, please visit the website or contact the Disabled Person’s Travel Helpline.

Customer Relations
National Express
PO Box 9854
Birmingham
B16 8XN

Tel: 08717 81 8179  Disabled Person’s Travel Helpline
Textphone: 0121 455 0086
www.nationalexpress.com/coach/OurService/disabled.cfm

Passenger Focus

An independent national rail consumer watchdog.

www.passengerfocus.org.uk