Coach and bus operators · Scotland
Coach companies in Dundee
Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Dundee 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: 10 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Dundee council area, plus 3 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is McGill's Bus Service Ltd, authorised for 600 vehicles.
- Coach and bus companies
- 10
- PSV licences
- 13
- Vehicles on these licences
- 1,716
- Standard licences
- 10
Coach and bus companies in Dundee
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Dundee, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Dundee. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McGill's Bus Service LtdStandard National · SC027238 | 1 | 600 | Active |
| 2 | Fife Scottish Omnibuses LtdStandard International · SC026126 | 1 | 528 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 3 | Loch Lomond Bus Services Ltd.Standard International · SC240425 | 1 | 190 | Active |
| 4 | Tayside Public Transport Company LimitedStandard National · SC097606 | 1 | 174 | Active |
| 5 | Ember Core LtdStandard National · SC633049 | 2 | 171 | Active |
| 6 | Scotblue LtdStandard National · SC341608 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 7 | Wisharts (Friockheim) LtdStandard National · SC408493 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 8 | Red Line Coaches LimitedStandard National · SC479134 | 1 | 9 | Active |
| 9 | Fairway Travel (Scotland) LimitedStandard National · SC397796 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 10 | Tay Country Travel LtdRestricted · SC554588 | 1 | 1 | Active |
Plus 3 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Where they are based
Operating-centre towns in Dundee with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.
Postcode districts
- Postcode district DD1:5 company licences
- Postcode district DD4:4 company licences
- Postcode district DD2:2 company licences
Licence types and fleet sizes
31% of the 13 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 15. 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 PSV8 62%
- Restricted PSV3 23%
- Standard International PSV2 15%
Before you book a coach in Dundee
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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