My husband and I have been to London several times but in the past few years he has developed some medical conditions that have caused mobility issues. He uses a walker at home but walks very slowly, tires easily. Last December we purchased a combination walker/wheelchair which worked very well for moving to the sights we wanted to see. We used the tube a few times in the stations that had elevators and black cabs when raining, but mostly just walked a lot.
Later this fall we will be returning to London and would like to use the buses for some of our transportation needs. Having never ridden the city buses I am requesting any advice for wheelchair users. Do we only use certain buses? Which door do we use?
Any advice is greatly appreciated. We are trying to do a bit more traveling before his health further declines. And London worked out very well last year.
We have oyster cards (too hard to try and use two different phones for tapping when managing a wheelchair) and I think I’ve read we only tap in for a bus but not out the way we do on the tube. So I think i have that part covered