Coach and bus operators · England

Coach companies in Tyne and Wear

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Tyne and Wear: 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 Tyne and Wear, plus 43 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Go North East Limited, authorised for 652 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 30
PSV licences: 73
Vehicles on these licences: 1,781
Standard licences: 53

Coach and bus companies in Tyne and Wear

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

Coach and bus companies in Tyne and Wear
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Go North East LimitedStandard National · 02057284	5	652	Earned recognitionActive
2	Busways Travel Services LtdStandard International · 02295227	4	560	Earned recognitionActive
3	Travel Caledonian LimitedStandard International · 13433266	1	90	Active
4	Central Taxis Gateshead LtdStandard National · 06884292	2	60	Active
5	Liberty Coaches Ne LtdStandard International · 08553448	1	50	Active
6	Denton Travel LtdStandard International · 06716133	1	40	Active
7	Premier Transport (North East) LtdStandard National · 16195014	2	28	Active
8	Badger Mini Bus Hire LimitedStandard National · 03220188	1	20	Active
9	Swift Auto Travel LtdStandard National · 03965152	2	20	Active
10	Keith's Coaches LtdStandard International · 03666091	1	18	Active
11	North East Coach Travel LtdStandard International · 08658076	1	18	Active
12	A A Jewitt & Sons LtdStandard International · 05582575	1	17	Active
13	Bowman Travel LimitedStandard National · 08304374	1	17	Active
14	Grab A Cab Newcastle & North East LtdStandard National · 15014288	1	10	Active
15	White Star Travel LimitedStandard International · 09420304	1	9	Active
16	C J Transport Services (North East) LimitedStandard National · 10313882	3	8	Active
17	Prestige Exec LtdStandard National · 12575672	1	6	Active
18	Campbell Minibus Hire LtdStandard National · 07351758	1	4	Active
19	Ccl (Northeast) LtdStandard International · 09291598	1	4	Active
20	Wright Bros Coaches LtdStandard International · 00345221	1	4	Active
21	Itravel Ne LtdStandard International · 12093545	1	3	Active
22	Argyle House Holdings LtdRestricted · 06357016	1	2	Active
23	Autograph Chauffeurs Ne LtdRestricted · 11632126	1	2	Active
24	Bus 2 LimitedStandard National · 10888089	1	2	Active
25	Kingsway Cabs LtdRestricted · 12091040	1	2	Active
26	Newcastle Transport LtdStandard International · 15426014	1	2	Active
27	Austin Resources (Healthcare) LtdRestricted · 08759847	1	1	Active
28	Endless Adventure North East LtdRestricted · 07994646	1	1	Active
29	Kaboogie Leisure LimitedStandard National · 09420667	1	1	Active
30	Mitcheson Group LtdStandard National · 14194381	1	1	Active

Plus 43 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 15
Gateshead 6
Sunderland 6
South Shields 2
Washington 2
Houghton le Spring 1
Jarrow 1
North Shields 1
Wallsend 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Tyne and Wear

Postcode district NE15:5 company licences
Postcode district SR4:3 company licences
Postcode district NE11:3 company licences
Postcode district NE6:3 company licences
Postcode district SR2:2 company licences
Postcode district NE33:2 company licences
Postcode district NE10:2 company licences
Postcode district NE12:2 company licences
Postcode district NE13:2 company licences
Postcode district NE16:2 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

67% of the 73 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 Tyne and Wear by type

Standard National PSV34 47%
Restricted PSV20 27%
Standard International PSV19 26%

PSV licences in Tyne and Wear by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:20 licences
2 vehicles:18 licences
3–5 vehicles:11 licences
6–10 vehicles:10 licences
11–25 vehicles:7 licences
26–50 vehicles:3 licences
51–100 vehicles:2 licences
100+ vehicles:2 licences

Before you book a coach in Tyne and Wear

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.