Coach and bus operators · Merseyside

Coach companies in Liverpool

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

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 34 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Liverpool; the largest fleet is Arriva Merseyside Limited (775 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 34
PSV licences: 50
Vehicles on these licences: 1,703
Earned recognition: 2

Coach and bus companies in Liverpool

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

Coach and bus companies in Liverpool
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Arriva Merseyside LimitedStandard National · 01990871	2	775	Earned recognitionActive
2	Ribble Motor Services LtdStandard National · 03990677	1	478	Earned recognitionActive
3	Cumfybus LtdStandard National · 04458742	1	75	Active
4	Hartley Travel LtdStandard National · 07019638	1	34	Active
5	Huyton Travel LimitedStandard National · 01978539	1	34	Active
6	Peoplesbus LimitedStandard National · 06522115	1	32	Active
7	Ashcroft Travel LtdStandard International · 04782623	1	27	Active
8	Ftvl Services LimitedStandard National · 15286361	2	20	Active
9	Maghull Coaches LtdStandard National · 04250231	1	19	Active
10	Aintree Coaches (International) LtdStandard International · 03317307	1	14	Active
11	Abacus UK Training LimitedStandard National · 08728176	1	10	Active
12	Cannon Bbt LtdStandard International · 05642668	1	10	Active
13	Knowsley Travel LtdStandard National · 09090551	1	10	Active
14	Liverpool City Sights LtdStandard National · 09648220	1	10	Active
15	Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard National · 03887962	1	8	Active
16	Timewells Travel LtdStandard International · 05687146	1	8	Active
17	Ground Transport Solutions LtdStandard National · 16620625	2	7	Active
18	P G Coaches and Minicoaches LtdStandard International · 06816397	1	7	Active
19	Furlongs Travel LtdStandard National · 05354216	1	6	Active
20	Chadwick Travel LimitedStandard National · 07592062	1	5	Active
21	Access Further Education LimitedStandard National · 02749258	2	4	Active
22	Dw Travel LimitedStandard International · 14814358	2	4	Active
23	Merseybus LtdStandard National · 07405654	1	4	Active
24	Oakwards Travel LtdStandard National · 06038824	1	4	Active
25	Starcruiser Bussing LimitedStandard International · 06358048	1	4	Active
26	Idg Minibuses LimitedStandard National · 14936919	2	2	Active
27	Mini Go Transfers LtdStandard National · 16693823	1	2	Active
28	T & N Travel LtdRestricted · 08149602	1	2	Active
29	Xpress Travel LimitedStandard National · 13639324	1	2	Active
30	Brewery Tours LtdStandard International · 14503133	1	1	Active
31	Liverpool Chauffeurs LimitedRestricted · 09976488	1	1	Active
32	Seahorse Amphibious Vehicles LtdStandard National · 08336781	2	1	Active
33	The Beats Tours LtdRestricted · 11741454	1	1	Active
34	Titanium Travel LtdStandard National · 14261726	1	1	Active

Plus 16 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

56% of the 50 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 4. 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 Liverpool by type

Standard National PSV28 56%
Standard International PSV11 22%
Restricted PSV11 22%

PSV licences in Liverpool by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:9 licences
2 vehicles:12 licences
3–5 vehicles:7 licences
6–10 vehicles:10 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:5 licences
51–100 vehicles:1 licences
100+ vehicles:2 licences

Before you book a coach in Liverpool

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.