Coach and bus operators · England
Coach companies in Oxfordshire
Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Oxfordshire: 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: 45 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Oxfordshire, plus 8 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Thames Transit Limited, authorised for 238 vehicles.
- Coach and bus companies
- 45
- PSV licences
- 53
- Vehicles on these licences
- 1,183
- Standard licences
- 41
Coach and bus companies in Oxfordshire
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Oxfordshire, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Oxfordshire. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thames Transit LimitedStandard National · 02272113 | 8 | 238 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | The City of Oxford Motor Services LimitedStandard International · 00091106 | 2 | 179 | Active |
| 3 | Pulham & Sons (Coaches) LtdStandard International · 00466434 | 1 | 147 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 4 | Thames Travel (Wallingford) LtdStandard National · 04184436 | 3 | 115 | Active |
| 5 | Cheney Coaches LtdStandard International · 01493825 | 1 | 65 | Active |
| 6 | Serco LimitedStandard National · 00242246 | 1 | 45 | Active |
| 7 | Weavaway Travel Group LtdStandard International · 06065092 | 1 | 35 | Active |
| 8 | Walters (Didcot) LimitedStandard National · 00731110 | 3 | 30 | Active |
| 9 | Wishford Education Holdings LimitedStandard National · 13760886 | 1 | 28 | Active |
| 10 | Bakers Commercial Services LtdStandard International · 04582406 | 1 | 27 | Active |
| 11 | London Hire Community Services LtdStandard National · 08398077 | 1 | 26 | Active |
| 12 | Hartwool LtdStandard International · 01531816 | 1 | 22 | Active |
| 13 | Vans for Bands LtdStandard International · 05861219 | 1 | 20 | Active |
| 14 | Charlton - on - Otmoor Services LtdStandard International · 08123265 | 1 | 19 | Active |
| 15 | Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard International · 03887962 | 1 | 16 | Active |
| 16 | Gtomc LimitedStandard International · 16294464 | 1 | 14 | Active |
| 17 | Worths Motor Services LimitedStandard International · 00618942 | 1 | 14 | Active |
| 18 | Plastow's Travel LtdStandard International · 10239112 | 1 | 13 | Active |
| 19 | Silverspires LtdStandard International · 14920311 | 1 | 12 | Active |
| 20 | Ps Motor Services LtdStandard National · 01686567 | 1 | 10 | Active |
| 21 | Whites Coaches LimitedStandard National · 06218278 | 1 | 9 | Active |
| 22 | Voyage Travel Solutions LtdStandard National · 09554432 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 23 | British Gas Trading LimitedStandard National · 03078711 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 24 | Oxford Taxis LtdStandard National · 06986060 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 25 | Ridgeways Coaches LtdStandard International · 05889010 | 2 | 7 | Active |
| 26 | Abba Cars (High Wycombe) LimitedStandard National · 07152355 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 27 | J Dhanjal Transport LtdStandard National · 04025397 | 3 | 6 | Active |
| 28 | Rebound Coaches LimitedStandard National · 06040099 | 2 | 6 | Active |
| 29 | A K R LtdStandard National · 03488455 | 1 | 5 | Active |
| 30 | 1ST Class Limos LtdStandard National · 08894889 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 31 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard National · 00528867 | 1 | 4 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 32 | Thunderbird Transport LimitedStandard International · 11121201 | 3 | 3 | Active |
| 33 | Brown Oxon LtdRestricted · 12047871 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 34 | Crown Coach Travel LimitedStandard International · 15363185 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 35 | D'Overbroeck's LtdRestricted · 01501239 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 36 | Footprints Tours LimitedRestricted · 07427089 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 37 | Madventure LimitedStandard International · 06809461 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 38 | Oxford Montessori Schools LimitedRestricted · 08713396 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 39 | Unitaxi LimitedRestricted · 09925660 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 40 | Wychwood School (Oxford) LimitedRestricted · 12763747 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 41 | Active England Tours LtdRestricted · 06715224 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 42 | Hcl Minibuses LtdStandard National · 15005885 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 43 | Lightway Services LtdStandard International · 11653024 | 1 | 1 | Active – proposal to strike off |
| 44 | SJP Banbury LtdRestricted · 15885839 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 45 | Windrush Valley School LimitedRestricted · 02857382 | 1 | 1 | Active |
Plus 8 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Where they are based
Operating-centre towns in Oxfordshire with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.
- Oxford 14
- Abingdon 7
- Banbury 5
- Bicester 4
- Chipping Norton 4
- Witney 4
- Wantage 3
- Chinnor 2
- Didcot 2
- Henley-on-Thames 2
- Kidlington 2
- Wallingford 2
- Bampton 1
- Carterton 1
- Chalgrove 1
- Harcourt 1
- Thame 1
- Uffington 1
Postcode districts
- Postcode district OX29:5 company licences
- Postcode district OX14:5 company licences
- Postcode district OX16:4 company licences
- Postcode district OX7:4 company licences
- Postcode district OX4:4 company licences
- Postcode district OX5:4 company licences
- Postcode district OX12:3 company licences
- Postcode district OX13:3 company licences
- Postcode district OX33:3 company licences
- Postcode district OX11:2 company licences
Licence types and fleet sizes
47% of the 53 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 PSV21 40%
- Standard International PSV20 38%
- Restricted PSV12 23%
- 1 vehicles:9 licences
- 2 vehicles:10 licences
- 3–5 vehicles:6 licences
- 6–10 vehicles:9 licences
- 11–25 vehicles:8 licences
- 26–50 vehicles:6 licences
- 51–100 vehicles:1 licences
- 100+ vehicles:4 licences
Before you book a coach in Oxfordshire
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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