Coach and bus operators · Scotland

Coach companies in Glasgow

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 with an operating centre in the Glasgow 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: 22 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Glasgow council area, plus 9 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is First Glasgow (No.1) Limited, authorised for 685 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 22
PSV licences: 31
Vehicles on these licences: 1,894
Standard licences: 27

Coach and bus companies in Glasgow

Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Glasgow, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Glasgow. Company status comes from the Companies House register.

Coach and bus companies in Glasgow
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First Glasgow (No.1) LimitedStandard National · SC097299	2	685	Earned recognitionActive
2	First Glasgow (NO2) LtdStandard National · SC127012	2	370	Earned recognitionActive
3	Western Buses LimitedStandard International · 00131237	2	347	Earned recognitionActive
4	Craig of Campbeltown LtdStandard International · SC033868	1	231	Active
5	Rabbie's Trail Burners LimitedStandard National · SC164516	1	90	Active
6	Timberbush Tours LimitedStandard National · SC279983	1	50	Active
7	Doigs LtdStandard International · SC133128	1	29	Active
8	Experience Scotland's Wild LtdStandard National · SC508178	1	16	Active
9	Lindon Travel LimitedStandard National · SC517989	1	7	Active
10	Arnold Clark Automobiles LtdStandard National · SC036386	1	6	Active
11	Red Bus Bistro Company LimitedStandard National · SC517478	1	6	Active – proposal to strike off
12	Scottish Citylink Coaches LimitedStandard National · SC091931	1	6	Active
13	Pacific Care LimitedStandard National · SC174016	1	5	Active
14	I Travel Transport Services LtdStandard National · SC678982	1	4	Active
15	Broomhill Transport Services LtdStandard National · SC532482	1	2	Active
16	Clydeside Travel LtdStandard International · SC842791	1	2	Active
17	Cosmic Coppers Childcare LimitedRestricted · SC337815	1	2	Active
18	Lennox Executive Travel LtdStandard International · SC833559	1	2	Active
19	Media Services Scotland LtdStandard National · SC780859	1	2	Active
20	Nata Community Interest CompanyStandard National · SC326375	1	2	Active
21	Red Bus Bistro Experiences LtdStandard National · SC831078	1	2	Active
22	Tioram LtdStandard National · SC690646	1	2	Active

Plus 9 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

Operating-centre towns in Glasgow with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.

Glasgow 22

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Glasgow

Postcode district G21:6 company licences
Postcode district G14:3 company licences
Postcode district G33:3 company licences
Postcode district G32:2 company licences
Postcode district G42:2 company licences
Postcode district G31:2 company licences
Postcode district G40:1 company licences
Postcode district G13:1 company licences
Postcode district G41:1 company licences
Postcode district G52:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

58% of the 31 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 5. 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 Glasgow by type

Standard National PSV21 68%
Standard International PSV6 19%
Restricted PSV4 13%

PSV licences in Glasgow by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:5 licences
2 vehicles:9 licences
3–5 vehicles:4 licences
6–10 vehicles:5 licences
11–25 vehicles:1 licences
26–50 vehicles:2 licences
51–100 vehicles:1 licences
100+ vehicles:4 licences

Before you book a coach in Glasgow

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 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. How we read it

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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.