Coach and bus operators · Scotland

Coach companies in South Lanarkshire

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the South Lanarkshire council area: 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: 30 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the South Lanarkshire council area, plus 18 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is First Glasgow (No.1) Limited, authorised for 685 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 30
PSV licences: 48
Vehicles on these licences: 1,548
Standard licences: 41

Coach and bus companies in South Lanarkshire

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

Coach and bus companies in South Lanarkshire
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First Glasgow (No.1) LimitedStandard National · SC097299	1	685	Earned recognitionActive
2	First Glasgow (NO2) LtdStandard National · SC127012	1	370	Earned recognitionActive
3	Parks of Hamilton (Coach Hirers) LtdStandard International · SC067046	1	80	Active
4	Stuarts Coaches LtdStandard International · SC235606	1	55	Active
5	Parks of Hamilton (Townhead Garage) LtdStandard International · SC061896	1	40	Active
6	McDade Travel LtdStandard International · SC178386	1	35	Active
7	Radical Travel Group LtdStandard International · SC136334	1	28	Active
8	Whitelaws Coaches LtdStandard International · SC286813	1	22	Active
9	Photoflash Travel LtdStandard International · SC386666	1	20	Active
10	Executive Hire LtdStandard International · SC218147	1	15	Active
11	Go Taxis LimitedStandard National · SC312663	2	15	Active
12	J.J.C. Travel LimitedStandard National · SC272988	2	12	Active
13	Kc Coaches LtdStandard National · SC311226	2	12	Active
14	Arays Travel LtdStandard National · SC744836	2	9	Active
15	H & S Coach Hire LtdStandard International · SC345514	1	8	Active
16	Hobson Travel LtdStandard International · SC442437	1	6	Active
17	Ray Cars and Coaches LimitedStandard National · SC671570	1	5	Active
18	Clyde Valley Limos LtdStandard National · SC365190	1	4	Active
19	Kennedy Travel (Scotland) LtdStandard National · SC421636	2	4	Active
20	Arcasoft UK LtdStandard International · SC826950	2	2	Active
21	Glasgow Minibus Hire LimitedStandard International · SC833161	1	2	Active
22	High Flyers Childcare LtdRestricted · SC516791	1	2	Active
23	Lennox Executive Travel LtdStandard International · SC833559	1	2	Active
24	Northern Star Touring LtdStandard International · SC685295	1	2	Active
25	Outlook Adventures Scotland LtdRestricted · SC437141	1	2	Active
26	Ramslink LimitedStandard International · SC856683	1	2	Active
27	Richland (Scotland) LtdRestricted · SC194423	1	2	Active
28	Swift Travel & Tours LtdStandard International · SC619978	1	2	Active
29	Toner Travel LtdStandard National · SC656667	1	2	Active
30	Beba Travel LtdStandard International · SC791011	1	1	Active

Plus 18 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Glasgow 13
East Kilbride 5
Larkhall 5
Lanark 4
Carluke 3
Hamilton 1
Strathaven 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, South Lanarkshire

Postcode district G72:8 company licences
Postcode district ML9:5 company licences
Postcode district ML11:4 company licences
Postcode district G75:4 company licences
Postcode district ML8:3 company licences
Postcode district G73:2 company licences
Postcode district G74:2 company licences
Postcode district G71:1 company licences
Postcode district ML3:1 company licences
Postcode district ML10:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

58% of the 48 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 South Lanarkshire by type

Standard National PSV23 48%
Standard International PSV18 38%
Restricted PSV7 15%

PSV licences in South Lanarkshire by vehicles authorised

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

Before you book a coach in South Lanarkshire

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.