Ring & Ride provides a door-to-door, wheelchair accessible minibus service for people who are having difficulty using local buses.


Ring & Ride is for anyone who is having difficulty using the ordinary bus, perhaps because the stop is too far away to walk, or because the bus steps are too steep. Our bus has a tail-lift for wheelchair and walking frame users.

Telephone us between 9.30am and 4.30pm, up to a week before and not later than the previous day to book your seat.


The bus collects from different areas of the city on different days of the week - see ‘What day can I travel’ for more information. The driver will pick you up from your home and help you board the bus if requested.

The fare for a single or return journey is £1.80. You may bring a companion and they pay the same amount. You pay our driver on boarding the bus. There is no additional charge if you want to travel on the bus in a wheelchair and the driver is trained in the safe use of our tail-lift.

The driver will bring you into Bedford Square, near the main Post Office, or link with Exeter Shopmobility for wheelchairs or scooters in Sidwell Street. For at least one week in every month the bus takes passengers to local supermarkets.
 

The bus will collect you where it leaves you, either in Musgrave Row, Sidwell Street or at the supermarket, after a stop of about two hours. Our driver often parks in Musgrave Row so if you have finished shopping before the pick-up time, you can wait on the bus. Our driver will be happy to load your shopping onto the bus and assist in carrying your bags to your front door, all you need to do is ask!

Ring & Ride organises excursions around Devon during the summer months. There is also a passenger club which arranges outings some weekends, depending on driver availability.

Download our Ring & Ride leaflet here.

Exeter Ring & Ride is kindly sponsored by South West Trains