Coach and bus operators · South Yorkshire

Coach companies in Barnsley

Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Barnsley, South Yorkshire: 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 Barnsley; the largest fleet is The Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd (370 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 11
PSV licences: 28
Vehicles on these licences: 546
Earned recognition: 1

Coach and bus companies in Barnsley

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

Coach and bus companies in Barnsley
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	The Yorkshire Traction Co LtdStandard National · 02065401	1	370	Earned recognitionActive
2	Rosa Holdings LtdStandard International · 04253212	2	19	Active
3	Wyatt Coaches LtdStandard National · 06341675	3	19	Active
4	Globe Holidays LtdStandard International · 02778802	2	14	Active
5	Goodyear Coaches LtdStandard International · 11921673	1	14	Active
6	K M Motors LtdStandard International · 01147028	1	10	Active
7	Ultimate Coaches LimitedStandard National · 07979385	1	10	Active
8	Chad Healey European LtdStandard International · 15871861	1	7	Active
9	Ajs Travel Services LimitedStandard National · 16209911	1	3
10	Platinum Travel Barnsley LtdStandard National · 13157734	1	3	Active
11	B R Guest Travel LtdStandard International · 15759785	1	2	Active

Plus 17 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

61% of the 28 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 Barnsley by type

Standard International PSV11 39%
Standard National PSV10 36%
Restricted PSV7 25%

PSV licences in Barnsley by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:2 licences
2 vehicles:9 licences
3–5 vehicles:6 licences
6–10 vehicles:4 licences
11–25 vehicles:6 licences
26–50 vehicles:0 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:1 licences

Before you book a coach in Barnsley

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.