Coach and bus operators · England

Coach companies in Shropshire

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Shropshire: 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: 27 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Shropshire, plus 14 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Arriva Midlands North Ltd, authorised for 195 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 27
PSV licences: 42
Vehicles on these licences: 673
Standard licences: 33

Coach and bus companies in Shropshire

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

Coach and bus companies in Shropshire
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Arriva Midlands North LtdStandard National · 01556305	2	195	Earned recognitionActive
2	Lakeside Coaches LimitedStandard International · 04370527	4	100	Earned recognitionActive
3	R E Morris & Sons LtdStandard National · 03759163	6	65	Active
4	Minsterley Motors LtdStandard International · 13176328	3	38	Active
5	Happy Days (Woodseaves) LtdStandard International · 01009740	1	35	Active
6	A T Brown (Coaches) LtdStandard National · 00683423	3	32	Active
7	B P Brown Travel LtdStandard National · 07298312	1	30	Active
8	Longmynd Travel LtdStandard National · 04589259	1	22	Active
9	Borland Roadliner LtdStandard National · 11420580	1	14	Active
10	Boultons of Shropshire LtdStandard International · 04854034	1	13	Active
11	A-Star Transport Midlands LtdStandard National · 04653606	1	12	Active
12	Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard National · 03887962	2	11	Active
13	Inspired Learning Group (UK) LimitedStandard National · 01550681	1	10	Active
14	R D & G I Owen LimitedStandard National · 09229545	1	10	Active
15	Adcote School LimitedStandard National · 10067403	1	8	Active
16	Forest Coaches LimitedStandard International · 09473470	1	6	Active
17	D C Coaches LtdStandard National · 08876954	1	5	Active
18	Regional Transport LtdStandard National · 09135829	2	5	Active
19	Beardmore Travel Services LtdStandard National · 08218848	1	4	Active
20	Birch Travel LtdStandard International · 03572586	1	4	Active
21	Ultimate Taxis LimitedStandard International · 06603319	1	4	Active
22	Oak Travel 2026 LtdStandard National · 17131454	1	3
23	Ezy Carz LtdRestricted · 13953576	1	2	Active
24	Shropshire Dive Academy LimitedStandard International · 10530724	1	2	Active
25	Access Further Education LimitedRestricted · 02749258	1	1	Active
26	Central Park Nursery LtdRestricted · 04342173	1	1	Active
27	K.K Transport Group LtdRestricted · 15817768	1	1	Active

Plus 14 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

Operating-centre towns in Shropshire with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.

Shrewsbury 11
Telford 9
Oswestry 4
Church Stretton 2
Whitchurch 2
Bishops Castle 1
Bucknell 1
Ellesmere 1
Ludlow 1
Market Drayton 1
Much Wenlock 1
Newport 1
Wem 1
Wolverhampton 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Shropshire

Postcode district SY5:5 company licences
Postcode district SY1:4 company licences
Postcode district TF3:4 company licences
Postcode district TF1:3 company licences
Postcode district SY11:3 company licences
Postcode district SY4:3 company licences
Postcode district SY13:2 company licences
Postcode district SY6:2 company licences
Postcode district TF2:2 company licences
Postcode district SY10:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

57% of the 42 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 5. 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 Shropshire by type

Standard National PSV20 48%
Standard International PSV13 31%
Restricted PSV9 21%

PSV licences in Shropshire by vehicles authorised

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

Before you book a coach in Shropshire

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 8 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 October 2026. How we read it

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.