Coach and bus operators · Greater London

Coach companies in Croydon

Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Croydon, Greater London: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 20 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Croydon; the largest fleet is London General Transport Services Limited (2,507 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 20
PSV licences: 24
Vehicles on these licences: 4,438
Earned recognition: 2

Coach and bus companies in Croydon

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

Coach and bus companies in Croydon
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	London General Transport Services LimitedStandard National · 02328489	1	2,507	Active
2	Arriva London South LtdStandard National · 02328467	1	680	Earned recognitionActive
3	Transport UK London Bus LimitedStandard National · 03786162	1	631	Earned recognitionActive
4	Hats Group LtdStandard International · 03135655	1	350	Active
5	London Hire Community Services LtdStandard National · 08398077	1	110	Active
6	Redwing Coaches of London LtdStandard International · 16762095	1	27	Active
7	Serco LimitedStandard National · 00242246	1	24	Active
8	Mayday Travel LtdStandard International · 05192145	1	20	Active
9	K.A.T. Transport LtdStandard National · 09712090	2	18	Active
10	Betc LtdStandard National · 08464847	1	12	Active – proposal to strike off
11	Laststop Coach Hire LtdStandard International · 05773590	1	10	Active
12	Transport Business Services LtdStandard International · 02707123	2	10	Active
13	Vision Travel LtdStandard International · 03042805	1	9	Active
14	1ST Choice Coaches LimitedStandard National · 03909791	1	6	Active
15	Chivers Coaches LtdStandard National · 01650503	1	5	Active
16	Evangdon LimitedStandard National · 08151855	1	3	Active
17	Elmhurst School LimitedRestricted · 08644214	1	2	Active
18	J&P Travel LtdStandard International · 15932258	2	2	Active
19	Grand Motion LtdStandard National · 12307458	1	1	Active
20	New Age Metropolis LtdStandard National · 12566660	1	1	Active

Plus 4 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

42% of the 24 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 10. 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 Croydon by type

Standard National PSV13 54%
Standard International PSV8 33%
Restricted PSV3 13%

PSV licences in Croydon by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:3 licences
2 vehicles:3 licences
3–5 vehicles:4 licences
6–10 vehicles:4 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:1 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:5 licences

Before you book a coach in Croydon

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 7 October 2026, read 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 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.