--- title: "Coach companies in Reading" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/reading markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/reading.md dvsa_file_date: 2026-10-07 publisher: HaulierScope licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) --- # Coach companies in Reading > Check a coach or bus company in Reading (Berkshire) before you book: 26 PSV-licensed operators, 542 vehicles authorised, licence type and status. Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026 (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records). Coach and bus operators · Berkshire Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Reading, Berkshire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status. Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **26** companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Reading; the largest fleet is Reading Transport Ltd (240 vehicles authorised). - **Coach and bus companies:** 26 - **PSV licences:** 29 - **Vehicles on these licences:** 542 - **Earned recognition:** 1 ## Coach and bus companies in Reading Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Reading, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Reading. Company status comes from the Companies House register. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Reading Transport Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0005856) Standard International · 02004963 | 1 | 240 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [Horseman Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0005860) Standard International · 01339276 | 2 | 70 | Active | | 3 | [Stewarts Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1015848) Standard International · 04611147 | 3 | 36 | Active | | 4 | [Southern Coach Lines Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2015826) Standard International · 11366175 | 1 | 30 | Active | | 5 | [Wishford Education Holdings Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/wishford-education-holdings-limited-13760886) Standard National · 13760886 | 1 | 28 | Active | | 6 | [Abc Travel (Wokingham) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2012437) Standard National · 10861375 | 1 | 15 | Active | | 7 | [D J Travel of Berkshire Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1085062) Standard National · 06683216 | 3 | 15 | Active | | 8 | [Awe PLC](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/awe-plc-02763902) Standard National · 02763902 | 1 | 13 | Active | | 9 | [Tk Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1091335) Standard International · 07003008 | 1 | 12 | Active | | 10 | [Kingfisher Mini Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2091281) Standard National · 09356167 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 11 | [Elite Mini Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1145423) Standard National · 09538908 | 1 | 8 | Active | | 12 | [Green Metro Cars Reading Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2067023) Standard National · 09103413 | 1 | 8 | Active | | 13 | [Grosvenor Chauffeur Cars Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2010913) Standard National · 03599261 | 1 | 8 | Active | | 14 | [Hall Hunter Partnership (Farming)](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/hall-hunter-partnership-farming-04294824) Standard National · 04294824 | 1 | 7 | Active | | 15 | [The Busman Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/the-busman-limited-11302745) Standard International · 11302745 | 1 | 6 | Active | | 16 | [Green Metro Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2083239) Standard International · 15601169 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 17 | [Mia Ecgoing Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2072798) Standard International · 11200167 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 18 | [Airport Executive Cars Online Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2079281) Standard International · 09775015 | 1 | 4 | Active | | 19 | [Berkshires Big Red Bus Company Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1136962) Standard National · 09313783 | 1 | 3 | Active | | 20 | [Oratory Preparatory School Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2077646) Standard International · 12267555 | 1 | 3 | Active | | 21 | [Crown Wheelchair Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1071249) Restricted · 03852850 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 22 | [Dolphin School Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2037802) Restricted · 12376081 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 23 | [Fd Travels Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2093745) Restricted · 08469374 | 1 | 2 | — | | 24 | [Forest Personnel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2010934) Restricted · 06899597 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 25 | [Gravity Personnel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2089470) Restricted · 16948249 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 26 | [Rapid Personnel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1074445) Restricted · 04356501 | 1 | 2 | Active | Plus 3 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named. ## Licence types and fleet sizes 48% of the 29 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 6. A restricted PSV licence covers two vehicles at most, and 9 to 16 seat vehicles only outside a passenger transport business: a full-size coach firm needs a standard licence. PSV licences in Reading by type - Standard International PSV **10** 34% - Standard National PSV **10** 34% - Restricted PSV **9** 31% PSV licences in Reading by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 2 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 7 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 5 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 6 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 4 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 3 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 1 licences 8. 100+ vehicles: 1 licences ## Before you book a coach in Reading Anyone who runs a vehicle for hire or reward that can carry 9 or more passengers needs a PSV operator licence (GOV.UK). Ask the company for its licence number, open its page here and check that the licence is valid and that the vehicles you need fit its authorisation. ## More in Berkshire - [Slough 21](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/slough) - [Newbury 8](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/newbury) - [Maidenhead 8](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/maidenhead) - [All coach companies in Berkshire](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire) - [Every operator licence in Reading 323](https://haulierscope.co.uk/area/west-of-england/reading) ## More data and tools - [**Upcoming public inquiries** Traffic Commissioner public inquiries listed for companies, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/public-inquiries) - [**Haulier insolvency watch** Licences held by companies in liquidation or administration.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/insolvency-watch) - [**Companies House filing watch** Hauliers whose accounts are overdue at Companies House.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/filing-watch) - [**Continuation dates by month** Which operator licences are due for continuation, and when.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/continuations) - [**DVSA earned recognition list** Operators in DVSA's earned recognition scheme, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/earned-recognition) - [**Data status** How old each source is and when we last checked it.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/status) - [**Applications and Decisions by area** The latest weekly bulletin in each traffic area: new applications, objection deadlines, grants and refusals.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/applications-and-decisions) - [**New operator licences granted** Every new goods and PSV licence granted, month by month, with the companies named.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/new-operator-licences) - [**Licences revoked, surrendered or terminated** Licences the Traffic Commissioners list each month as revoked, surrendered or terminated, in their own wording.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licences-ended) Guides - [How to check a PSV operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/psv-operator-licence-check) - [Types of operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/operator-licence-types) - [What curtailed, suspended and revoked mean](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/curtailed-suspended-revoked) DVSA file 7 Oct 2026 Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026, read 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 10 October 2026. [How we read it](https://haulierscope.co.uk/methodology) Contains public sector information licensed under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Company status: Companies House register. Contains Companies House data. County lookup: ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. --- Canonical page: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/reading Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Companies House data. HaulierScope is an independent service, not affiliated with DVSA or the Traffic Commissioners. It is updated when DVSA publishes a new file, usually weekly.