Coach and bus operators · Merseyside
Coach companies in St Helens
Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in St Helens, Merseyside: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 11 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in St Helens; the largest fleet is Ribble Motor Services Ltd (478 vehicles authorised).
- Coach and bus companies
- 11
- PSV licences
- 13
- Vehicles on these licences
- 620
- Earned recognition
- 2
Coach and bus companies in St Helens
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in St Helens, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in St Helens. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ribble Motor Services LtdStandard National · 03990677 | 1 | 478 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | Gavin Murray LimitedStandard International · 00698935 | 2 | 61 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 3 | C J's Travel LimitedStandard National · 04097845 | 2 | 20 | Active |
| 4 | Hattons Transport LtdStandard International · 07549501 | 1 | 18 | Active |
| 5 | David Ogden Holidays LimitedStandard International · 03706998 | 1 | 16 | Active |
| 6 | Bradys Mini Bus Travel LimitedStandard National · 10156245 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 7 | Md Bus & Coach LimitedStandard National · 08900718 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 8 | Access Further Education LimitedStandard National · 02749258 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 9 | Compass Group UK & Ireland LtdStandard National · 02272248 | 1 | 3 | Active |
| 10 | Adlington Group Travel LtdStandard National · 11693687 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 11 | B C Travel LimitedStandard National · 14490154 | 1 | 2 | Active |
Plus 2 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Licence types and fleet sizes
46% of the 13 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 6. 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 PSV9 69%
- Standard International PSV4 31%
Before you book a coach in St Helens
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 9 October 2026. How we read it
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