Coach and bus operators · South Yorkshire

Coach companies in Sheffield

Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 24 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Sheffield; the largest fleet is First South Yorkshire Limited (680 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 24
PSV licences: 57
Vehicles on these licences: 1,317
Earned recognition: 2

Coach and bus companies in Sheffield

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

Coach and bus companies in Sheffield
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First South Yorkshire LimitedStandard National · 02332529	1	680	Earned recognitionActive
2	The Yorkshire Traction Co LtdStandard National · 02065401	2	370	Earned recognitionActive
3	T M Travel LtdStandard National · 05028805	1	50	Active
4	Linburg Touring LimitedStandard International · 04353708	1	24	Active
5	Central Travel Sheffield LimitedStandard National · 04580260	1	17	Active
6	J.A. Maxfield & Son LimitedStandard International · 01688798	2	14	Active
7	Sheffield Metropolitan District CouncilStandard National	1	9
8	A1 Taxis Sheffield LtdStandard National · 10838365	1	8	Active
9	Apollo Taxis 2017 LimitedStandard National · 10548007	2	8	Active
10	White Line Limos LtdStandard National · 12890510	1	6	Active
11	City Mobility Transport LtdStandard International · 10782046	2	5	Active
12	Dc Travels LtdStandard International · 12595176	1	5	Active
13	The Midland General Omnibus Company LtdStandard National · 02014103	1	5	Active
14	Thurgoland Travel LtdStandard International · 08919905	1	5	Active
15	Travel Direct Minibus Services LtdStandard International · 16440723	1	5	Active
16	Veezu UK LimitedStandard National · 04512568	1	5	Active
17	Ht Taxi Services LtdStandard National · 11746182	1	4	Active
18	Par Travel LLPStandard National · OC426807	1	3	Active
19	The Purple Coach Company LtdStandard International · 16902897	1	3	Active
20	Blossom Day Opportunities Sheffield LimitedRestricted · 13000138	1	2	Active
21	Hallam Travel LimitedStandard National · 16654433	1	2	Active
22	Steel City Mini Bus LtdStandard National · 16097451	2	1	Active
23	Vintage Vehicle Hire LtdStandard National · 07273078	1	1	Active
24	Vip Hospitality Coaches LtdStandard International · 16039622	1	1	Active

Plus 33 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

81% of the 57 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 2. 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 Sheffield by type

Standard National PSV27 47%
Restricted PSV18 32%
Standard International PSV12 21%

PSV licences in Sheffield by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:18 licences
2 vehicles:14 licences
3–5 vehicles:14 licences
6–10 vehicles:4 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:1 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:2 licences

Before you book a coach in Sheffield

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.