Four New Accessible Sprinters for Kent Dial-a-Ride Service
This week marked the delivery of the first of four brand-new Mercedes Sprinters to a dial-a-ride service providing flexible community transport across Kent.
What Will the New Vehicles Be Used For?
The community transport group supports residents throughout the county, collecting passengers from their homes and taking them to key destinations including supermarkets, town centres, hospitals and more. Membership is free for residents who have a medical condition that makes standard public transport difficult, those living more that 500m from a bus or rail route, and anyone aged 85 or over.
The SCW Conversion
To ensure every journey is accessible, the fleet is fully wheelchair friendly, with each vehicle featuring a rear underfloor tail lift. All four Sprinters can carry up to 16 passengers plus driver, or 5 wheelchair users with seats removed, and are equipped with a large automatic step at the side load door, full Eberspaecher heating and air conditioning, overhead storage lockers and stop bells.
We’re delighted to be the chosen converter for this project and we look forward to delivering the next three vehicles in the fleet very soon!
Conversion Specification
Based on the Mercedes Sprinter L4h2
Facility to transport up to 16 x passengers plus driver or 5 x wheelchairs with seats removed
Removable passenger seats upholstered in grey patterned moquette with wipe clean bases and lower back curve
Front cabin seats reupholstered to match the rear passenger cabin
Interior upholstered in grey soft-feel materials with patterned moquette feature roof panels
SCW specialist Flat Floor system designed to eliminate wheel arch intrusions
PLS underfloor tail lift
Large automatic step fitted at the side door entrance
Eberspaecher rear saloon heating and air conditioning
Stop bell buttons positioned throughout the passenger cabin
Upper cant rail and side wall tracking
LED blue / white roof lighting and low-level blue ambient floor lighting
Upper luggage racks at the rear of the vehicle
Driver’s screen with night blind fitted behind the driver’s seat
