Coach and bus operators · Tyne and Wear

Coach companies in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 15 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Newcastle upon Tyne; the largest fleet is Busways Travel Services Ltd (560 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 15
PSV licences: 21
Vehicles on these licences: 795
Earned recognition: 1

Coach and bus companies in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Coach and bus companies in Newcastle upon Tyne
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Busways Travel Services LtdStandard International · 02295227	2	560	Earned recognitionActive
2	Liberty Coaches Ne LtdStandard International · 08553448	1	50	Active
3	Denton Travel LtdStandard International · 06716133	1	40	Active
4	Swift Auto Travel LtdStandard National · 03965152	2	20	Active
5	Keith's Coaches LtdStandard International · 03666091	1	18	Active
6	North East Coach Travel LtdStandard International · 08658076	1	18	Active
7	A A Jewitt & Sons LtdStandard International · 05582575	1	17	Active
8	Bowman Travel LimitedStandard National · 08304374	1	17	Active
9	Grab A Cab Newcastle & North East LtdStandard National · 15014288	1	10	Active
10	Prestige Exec LtdStandard National · 12575672	1	6	Active
11	Campbell Minibus Hire LtdStandard National · 07351758	1	4	Active
12	Wright Bros Coaches LtdStandard International · 00345221	1	4	Active
13	Autograph Chauffeurs Ne LtdRestricted · 11632126	1	2	Active
14	Kingsway Cabs LtdRestricted · 12091040	1	2	Active
15	Newcastle Transport LtdStandard International · 15426014	1	2	Active

Plus 6 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

48% of the 21 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 6. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne by type

Standard International PSV10 48%
Standard National PSV8 38%
Restricted PSV3 14%

PSV licences in Newcastle upon Tyne by vehicles authorised

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

Before you book a coach in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 11 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.