Coach and bus operators · Wales
Coach companies in Swansea
Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Swansea principal 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: 20 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Swansea principal area, plus 17 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is First Cymru Buses Ltd, authorised for 300 vehicles.
- Coach and bus companies
- 20
- PSV licences
- 37
- Vehicles on these licences
- 945
- Standard licences
- 27
Coach and bus companies in Swansea
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Swansea, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Swansea. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Cymru Buses LtdStandard National · 00133884 | 1 | 300 | Active |
| 2 | Edwards Coaches LtdStandard International · 04045308 | 1 | 185 | Active |
| 3 | New Adventure Travel LimitedStandard International · 06507924 | 1 | 135 | Active |
| 4 | Cymru Coaches LtdStandard International · 05400907 | 1 | 50 | Active |
| 5 | Davies Coaches LtdStandard International · 05719721 | 1 | 50 | Active |
| 6 | South Wales Transport (Neath) LtdStandard International · 05295622 | 1 | 50 | Active |
| 7 | Ac Jenkins LimitedStandard National · 03838793 | 2 | 32 | Active |
| 8 | Dansa LtdStandard National · 06567921 | 3 | 26 | Active |
| 9 | Lets Go Travel (Wales) LimitedStandard National · 04412726 | 1 | 18 | Active |
| 10 | Gower Mini Travel LimitedStandard National · 04647800 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 11 | Jason Edwards Travel LtdStandard International · 14662717 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 12 | Francis Minitravel LtdStandard National · 13845826 | 1 | 5 | Active |
| 13 | St Michael's School LimitedStandard National · 01424406 | 1 | 5 | Active |
| 14 | M&J Travel LtdStandard National · 07052702 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 15 | The South Wales Transport Preservation Group LtdStandard National · 10330657 | 1 | 3 | Active |
| 16 | P W & E K Harris Taxi Hire LtdRestricted · 05072487 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 17 | Perdue Recycling LtdRestricted · 11455616 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 18 | Swansea Minibus Hire LtdStandard International · 10240207 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 19 | Veeboono Travel LimitedStandard International · 12535423 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 20 | Abba Cabs LtdStandard National · 12091906 | 1 | 1 | Active |
Plus 17 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Where they are based
Operating-centre towns in Swansea with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.
Postcode districts
- Postcode district SA5:7 company licences
- Postcode district SA6:6 company licences
- Postcode district SA4:4 company licences
- Postcode district SA1:3 company licences
- Postcode district SA7:1 company licences
Licence types and fleet sizes
62% of the 37 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.
- Standard National PSV16 43%
- Standard International PSV11 30%
- Restricted PSV10 27%
- 1 vehicles:6 licences
- 2 vehicles:9 licences
- 3–5 vehicles:8 licences
- 6–10 vehicles:4 licences
- 11–25 vehicles:2 licences
- 26–50 vehicles:5 licences
- 51–100 vehicles:0 licences
- 100+ vehicles:3 licences
Before you book a coach in Swansea
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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