Dial-a-Bus is a door-to-door bus service for Christchurch and Poole residents that find it difficult to use public transport.
Christchurch Dial-a-Bus
The Christchurch Dial-a-Bus service is open to anyone of any age who finds it difficult to use public transport, or is disabled and lives within the BH23 postcode.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) trained staff collect you from your door for shopping trips and excursions on a specially adapted bus. Christchurch Community Partnership Dial-a-Bus offers shopping trips to Sainsburys and excursions throughout Dorset and Hampshire.
For more information, visit the Christchurch Community Partnership website.
How to join
If you are eligible, contact Christchurch Community Partnership on 07719 867 089, or email CCP.Dialabus@gmail.com.
Poole Dial-a-Bus
Poole Community Transport Dial-a-Bus service offers low floor and wheelchair accessible transport into Poole town centre.
On Monday, the service runs to Asda in Holes Bay and the Dolphin Shopping Centre.
On Tuesday to Friday, the service runs to Sainsbury’s, Pitwines and the Dolphin Shopping Centre.
All vehicles are fully accessible and can accommodate your mobility equipment but they cannot accommodate mobility scooters. An assessment will be needed in order to travel while in your wheelchair.
Journeys can be booked up to the day before travel.
Who can use the service
The service is available to Poole residents who:
- have no access to a car
- qualify for an older person's or disabled person's bus pass
- have difficulty accessing public transport
Costs
Annual membership is £10. There is no charge for each journey you make.
For more information and to book journeys, contact the Poole Community Transport Service on 01202 128 200.