Coach and bus operators · England
Coach companies in Northumberland
Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Northumberland: 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: 26 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Northumberland, plus 19 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Go North East Limited, authorised for 652 vehicles.
- Coach and bus companies
- 26
- PSV licences
- 45
- Vehicles on these licences
- 1,265
- Standard licences
- 39
Coach and bus companies in Northumberland
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Northumberland, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Northumberland. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go North East LimitedStandard National · 02057284 | 1 | 652 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | Arriva Northumbria LtdStandard National · 00237558 | 3 | 167 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 3 | Liberty Coaches Ne LtdStandard International · 08553448 | 4 | 50 | Active |
| 4 | Borders Buses LtdStandard National · 06445349 | 1 | 40 | Active |
| 5 | Glen Valley Tours LtdStandard International · 05694445 | 2 | 30 | Active |
| 6 | Howard Snaith LimitedStandard International · 04639773 | 2 | 25 | Active |
| 7 | Travelsure Coaches LtdStandard International · 08621449 | 1 | 25 | Active |
| 8 | Dm Motor Services LtdStandard International · 09452067 | 1 | 20 | Active |
| 9 | Rothbury Motors LtdStandard International · 01113476 | 1 | 20 | Active |
| 10 | A A Jewitt & Sons LtdStandard International · 05582575 | 1 | 17 | Active |
| 11 | Bowman Travel LimitedStandard National · 08304374 | 1 | 17 | Active |
| 12 | T W Bell (Belsay) LtdStandard National · 00649254 | 1 | 16 | Active |
| 13 | Cooper's Tourmaster Travel LtdStandard International · 00952146 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 14 | Northumberland Travel LtdStandard National · 15454361 | 1 | 14 | Active |
| 15 | Tyne Valley Coaches LtdStandard International · 00904027 | 1 | 12 | Active |
| 16 | Premier Bus and Coach LimitedStandard National · 05211080 | 2 | 10 | Active |
| 17 | Tourmaster Travel LtdStandard National · 03699388 | 1 | 10 | Active |
| 18 | Amble Coaches LtdStandard International · 12102760 | 2 | 9 | Active |
| 19 | Tgt Holidays LtdStandard International · 04528499 | 1 | 9 | Active |
| 20 | Garfield Executive Travel LtdStandard National · 06483421 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 21 | James Cooper & Son (Tyneside) LtdStandard International · 05315943 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 22 | Newcastle Park & Fly LimitedStandard National · 02881861 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 23 | Rowell Coaches LimitedStandard International · 08389059 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 24 | Alnwick Private Hire LtdStandard National · 16426355 | 1 | 3 | Active |
| 25 | Diamond Private Hire LtdStandard National · 02841355 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 26 | Ecocabs LimitedStandard International · 06140955 | 1 | 2 | Company voluntary arrangement |
Plus 19 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Where they are based
Operating-centre towns in Northumberland with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.
- Bedlington 6
- Hexham 5
- Alnwick 4
- Blyth 4
- Newcastle upon Tyne 4
- Cramlington 3
- Amble 1
- Ashington 1
- Belford 1
- Berwick-upon-Tweed 1
- Haltwhistle 1
- Morpeth 1
- Prudhoe 1
- Wooler 1
Postcode districts
- Postcode district NE22:6 company licences
- Postcode district NE23:4 company licences
- Postcode district NE46:4 company licences
- Postcode district NE66:4 company licences
- Postcode district NE24:4 company licences
- Postcode district NE65:2 company licences
- Postcode district NE20:1 company licences
- Postcode district NE49:1 company licences
- Postcode district NE19:1 company licences
- Postcode district NE42:1 company licences
Licence types and fleet sizes
42% of the 45 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 8. 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 PSV21 47%
- Standard International PSV18 40%
- Restricted PSV6 13%
- 1 vehicles:3 licences
- 2 vehicles:8 licences
- 3–5 vehicles:8 licences
- 6–10 vehicles:11 licences
- 11–25 vehicles:10 licences
- 26–50 vehicles:3 licences
- 51–100 vehicles:0 licences
- 100+ vehicles:2 licences
Before you book a coach in Northumberland
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 8 October 2026. How we read it
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