Community Transport
| Published: 7th February 2007 16:34 |
There are a number of Community Transport Schemes available for the residents of the PE19 area which include daily Dial-a-Ride schemes with local services to the Huntingdonshire Market towns and villages for shopping and a whole range of day-to-day activities. Trips to Farmers Markets in St Neots, Huntingdon & St Ives are run by Nene & Ouse Community Transport. All schemes operate with fully accessible vehicles.
There are also schemes which offer excursion trips to a range of other places both within and outside Huntingdonshire such as shopping trips, leisure outings including pub lunches, garden centres and theatre trips.
Most Huntingdonshire schemes are now operated by Nene & Ouse Community Transport. For further details and information on membership please call (01832) 733336.
COMMUNITY MINIBUS
Community Transport schemes offer a range of options for;
- Daily Dial-a-Ride services
- Pre-bookable excursions in fully accessible vehicles
- Group Hire for Community groups with driver in fully accessible vehicles
- Self-drive hire
These provide door-to-door type services for people who do not have access to a car or who cannot access public transport. Examples include the elderly, the disabled, mothers with young children and not-for-profit organisations/community groups who do not have their own vehicles.
Vehicle Hire is now available for Voluntary Groups and Not-for-Profit Organisations. If your group has transport needs, we can now provide self-drive hire minibuses or minibuses with drivers. Whether you are a Scout or Guide group, Football club, Women's Institute, Primary or Secondary School or this kind of local group, please get in contact. The schemes may be able to help you meet your needs.
Further information and charge rates are available direct from the operators listed below.
Nene & Ouse East - (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots and surrounding parishes) -(01480) 411114
Nene & Ouse West (West & North Hunts) - (01832) 733336
Ramsey & District Community Bus (Ramsey area) - (01487) 815543
COMMUNITY CAR SCHEMES
Schemes within Huntingdonshire operate in the following areas. They offer organised lifts to those needing to make essential journeys where no suitable public transport services exist and include visiting relatives in hospital, friends at home or connecting with a train service amongst others. Please contact a scheme relative to your area for further details;
- Great Staughton area (The Highwayman). (07786 520540)
- Ellington and District. (01480 810558)
- Sawtry Car scheme. Contact Nene & Ouse Community Transport (01832 733336)
- Alconbury/Brampton - Albram Surgery Car scheme (01480 890001)
- Buckden - Surgery Patients Association (01480 810990)
- Huntingdon Volunteer Bureau (01480 414766)
- St. Ives Volunteer Bureau (01480 301462)
- St. Neots Volunteer Bureau (01480 476047)
- Ramsey & Warboys District Volunteer Bureau (01487 814117)
- Somersham - Surgery Patients Participation Group (01487 840218)
- North Hunts Community Car Scheme (covers Alwalton, Chesterton, Conington, Denton & Caldecote, Elton, Farcet, Folksworth & Washingley, Glatton, Haddon, Holme, Morborne, Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Stilton, Water Newton & Yaxley - (07795) 542084
All the above information has been kindly supplied by Huntingdonshire District Council
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