Dial-A-Ride Scheme (Shrewsbury)

Shrewsbury Dial-a-Ride is an accessible minibus service operating within a ten-mile radius of Shrewsbury town centre.

If you do not have the use of a car or you find it difficult or even impossible to use public transport, then this is the service for you.

Please note that Dial-a-Ride:

• is able to help people with mobility difficulties registered and temporarily disabled
• operates Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 4.00 pm
• provides a friendly door-to-door service
• offers a priority booking service for journeys required for medical purposes
• requires members to be flexible about all non-urgent journey times
• needs all journeys to be booked from 48 hours before the time required to travel
• asks for an annual membership fee of £10
• charges a fare for each journey (based on local bus fares). Concessionary fares apply; free travel passes and travel tokens. Bus pass can be used after 9.30 am

Membership offers the chance to meet new friends through the Summer Trips Programme and Sunday Lunch Club.

Dial-A-Ride also provides a range of training for assistive transport staff:

• MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme)
• PATS (Passenger Assistant Training Scheme

Both schemes offer full training and certification; both for Dial-A-Ride and other organisations.

To find out more about membership and/or training opportunities please contact:

Neal Urquhart
Chief Officer
Shrewsbury Dial-A-Ride
Unit 7
Sundorne Trading Park
Featherbed Lane
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 4NS

Tel: 01743 450270 (Bookings)
Tel: 01743 450350 (General Enquiries and Community Car)
Fax: 01743 440744
Email: shrewsbury.dialaride@virgin.net