Coach and bus operators · West Lothian
Coach companies in Livingston
Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Livingston, West Lothian: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 16 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Livingston; the largest fleet is Lothian Buses Limited (800 vehicles authorised).
- Coach and bus companies
- 16
- PSV licences
- 20
- Vehicles on these licences
- 2,281
- Earned recognition
- 5
Coach and bus companies in Livingston
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Livingston, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Livingston. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lothian Buses LimitedStandard International · SC096849 | 1 | 800 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | McGill's Bus Service LtdStandard National · SC027238 | 1 | 600 | Active |
| 3 | Loch Lomond Bus Services Ltd.Standard International · SC240425 | 1 | 190 | Active |
| 4 | Ember Core LtdStandard National · SC633049 | 1 | 171 | Active |
| 5 | McGill’s Scotland East LimitedStandard National · SC091923 | 1 | 170 | Active |
| 6 | E & M Horsburgh LtdStandard National · SC205341 | 1 | 120 | Active |
| 7 | East Coast Buses LimitedStandard National · SC208702 | 1 | 75 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 8 | Edinburgh Bus Tours LtdStandard National · SC230326 | 1 | 62 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 9 | Prentice Westwood LimitedStandard International · SC159795 | 1 | 45 | Active |
| 10 | City Circle UK LimitedStandard International · 03677686 | 1 | 26 | Active |
| 11 | Cobra Corporate Services LimitedStandard National · 04245012 | 1 | 3 | Active |
| 12 | City Sightseeing Edinburgh LtdStandard National · SC127511 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 13 | Jcr Partnership LLPStandard National · SO306988 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 14 | Lothian Region Transport LtdStandard National · SC127508 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 15 | Mac Tours LtdStandard National · SC225977 | 1 | 1 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 16 | Majestic Tours Edinburgh LtdStandard National · SC127509 | 1 | 1 | Earned recognitionActive |
Plus 4 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Licence types and fleet sizes
45% of the 20 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 17. 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 PSV14 70%
- Standard International PSV5 25%
- Restricted PSV1 5%
- 1 vehicles:7 licences
- 2 vehicles:0 licences
- 3–5 vehicles:2 licences
- 6–10 vehicles:1 licences
- 11–25 vehicles:0 licences
- 26–50 vehicles:2 licences
- 51–100 vehicles:2 licences
- 100+ vehicles:6 licences
Before you book a coach in Livingston
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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