Coach and bus operators · Scotland
Coach companies in Dumfries and Galloway
Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and Companies House status for each company.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 6 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area, plus 9 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Western Buses Limited, authorised for 347 vehicles.
- Coach and bus companies
- 6
- PSV licences
- 15
- Vehicles on these licences
- 537
- Standard licences
- 13
Coach and bus companies in Dumfries and Galloway
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Dumfries and Galloway, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Dumfries and Galloway. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Buses LimitedStandard International · 00131237 | 2 | 347 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | Shuttle Buses LtdStandard National · SC119805 | 1 | 60 | Active |
| 3 | McCall's Coaches LtdStandard National · SC293378 | 5 | 23 | Active |
| 4 | Ulsterbus LtdStandard National · NI006725 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 5 | Brownriggs (Thornhill) LLPStandard International · SO304122 | 2 | 12 | Active |
| 6 | Adrenalin Uplift LimitedStandard National · SC580239 | 1 | 6 | Active – proposal to strike off |
Plus 9 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Where they are based
Operating-centre towns in Dumfries and Galloway with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.
- Dumfries 2
- Stranraer 2
- Castle Douglas 1
- Dalbeattie 1
- Lochmaben 1
- Lockerbie 1
- Sanquhar 1
- Thornhill 1
Postcode districts
- Postcode district DG1:2 company licences
- Postcode district DG9:2 company licences
- Postcode district DG11:1 company licences
- Postcode district DG3:1 company licences
- Postcode district DG5:1 company licences
- Postcode district DG4:1 company licences
- Postcode district DG7:1 company licences
Licence types and fleet sizes
40% of the 15 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.
- Standard National PSV10 67%
- Standard International PSV3 20%
- Restricted PSV2 13%
Before you book a coach in Dumfries and Galloway
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.
DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 October 2026. How we read it
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