Coach and bus operators · Lancashire

Coach companies in Blackburn

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

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 17 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Blackburn; the largest fleet is Lancashire United Ltd (145 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 17
PSV licences: 24
Vehicles on these licences: 475
Earned recognition: 0

Coach and bus companies in Blackburn

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

Coach and bus companies in Blackburn
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Lancashire United LtdStandard National · 02546070	1	145	Active
2	Holmeswood Coaches LtdStandard International · 00442384	1	130	Active
3	Rossendale Transport LimitedStandard National · 02004970	1	118	Active
4	Sline Travel LimitedStandard International · 11238765	2	18	Active
5	Andrew Wright Group LtdStandard National · 12253344	1	10	Active
6	Cranberry Coachways Corporate LtdStandard International · 10733838	1	10	Active
7	Lancashire Bus LtdStandard International · 11333830	1	10	Active
8	Blackburn Private Hire LtdStandard International · 03991570	1	5	Active
9	Orrells Coach Hire LtdStandard International · 11827809	1	4	Active
10	Rawal Private Hire LtdStandard National · 09802300	1	4	Active
11	Dreamline Travel LtdStandard International · 02828388	1	3	Active
12	Ep Travel LtdStandard International · 15405564	1	2	Active
13	Grey Line Motor Services LtdStandard International · 13110336	1	2	Active
14	Ts Travels 1 LimitedStandard National · 14990526	1	2	Active
15	Zoom Private Hire and Minibuses LtdRestricted · 15690011	1	2	Active
16	Accrington Travel LtdStandard International · 14763932	1	1	Active
17	Sv Travel&Transfers LtdStandard National · 15546804	1	1	Active

Plus 7 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

71% of the 24 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 2. 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 Blackburn by type

Standard International PSV10 42%
Standard National PSV9 38%
Restricted PSV5 21%

PSV licences in Blackburn by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:8 licences
2 vehicles:5 licences
3–5 vehicles:4 licences
6–10 vehicles:3 licences
11–25 vehicles:1 licences
26–50 vehicles:0 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:3 licences

Before you book a coach in Blackburn

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.