PSVAR
In late 2000, the Government introduced the Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations for all vehicles with over 22 passengers and operated on a timetabled service to ensure that all vehicles are safe and accessible to everyone who needs to use them.
All of our coaches within the criteria have allocated wheelchair spaces. You can find removable seats on our coaches and a lift to ensure that wheelchair passengers can get on and off the coach hassle-free. We also ensure that all our coaches are fitted with grab handrails throughout to help passengers get on and off-board with ease.
All Centaur drivers are trained in disability awareness to ensure that they can spot and offer the appropriate help when needed, without being asked, to you peace of mind when travelling.
How are we meeting the criteria?
Although we offer plenty of timetabled, local services, especially for commuters, we also run a few specific services around Kent and London that meet PSVAR.
We’ve been providing London Universities with daily bus and coach shuttles for the last 30 years, and due to a change in PSVAR and a renewed commitment from the institutions, we needed to upgrade some vehicles. To ensure that we were complying with the Government regulations and to keep all passengers safe, we invested in five new vehicles, including two electric double-decker buses and two hybrid coaches at a total of just under £2million. As well as ensuring that all the vehicles supplied on this contract met PSVAR regulations, we ensure that any extra vehicles needed also meet these requirements.
Centaur Coach Hire is also a supplier of rail replacement transport for part of the UK’s rail network. On weekends, we supply anywhere up to 25 vehicles per day, all of which meet the PSVAR requirements. To ensure this, we have seats removed for wheelchair accessibility, and that the scheduled driver is fully trained in disability awareness and on how to use the wheelchair lift if required.
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If you have any other questions about our PSVAR Coaches or you have another need for our coach hire services, you can get in touch with Centaur by calling 020 8300 3001 or via our contact form. Our expert team will be happy to answer any questions!