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Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches

Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches is a grant of up to £2 million, covering up to 75% of costs, for coach operators providing rail replacement services in England, Scotland and Wales. Open, closes 18 December 2026.

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Checked against the official page (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Grant funding for coach operators to purchase transferable audio-visual equipment for rail replacement services to comply with accessible information regulations.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 18 December 2026 at 12 noon

As stated: Opening date: 6 July 2026, 12:00pm (Midday) ... Closing date: 18 December 2026, 12:00pm (Midday)

Confirmed on the official page

How much

up to £2 million; reimbursing up to 75% of the cost of purchasing transferable audio-visual equipment

Whole fund: £2,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: Applicants must cover upfront costs; funding is provided on a reimbursement basis

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Coach operators who provide or are capable of providing rail replacement services in England, Scotland and Wales, with equipment that is capable of providing accessible information and is easily transferrable between vehicles.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

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How to apply

Submit an application through the Find a Grant platform by selecting 'Start new application', uploading the AIR Checklist, Grant Checklist, Grant Calculator and any other supporting documentation required.

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Where it is open: England, Scotland and Wales

England, Scotland, Wales

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Department for Transport before you apply.

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