Coach and bus operators · West Yorkshire

Coach companies in Bradford

Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire: 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 Bradford; the largest fleet is First West Yorkshire Ltd (946 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 16
PSV licences: 28
Vehicles on these licences: 1,196
Earned recognition: 1

Coach and bus companies in Bradford

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

Coach and bus companies in Bradford
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First West Yorkshire LtdStandard National · 01990370	1	946	Earned recognitionActive
2	Yorkshire Coastliner LtdStandard National · 02436687	1	65	Active
3	T L C Travel LtdStandard National · 03914156	1	64	Active
4	Bhatti Travel Services (Bts) LtdStandard National · 07780101	1	15	Active
5	West Yorkshire Travel LtdStandard International · 08302992	1	15	Active
6	Kilvingtons of Leeds LtdStandard National · 11532302	1	12	Active
7	Falcon Travel Bradford LimitedStandard International · 10054566	1	10	Active
8	Cango Travel LtdStandard International · 15428746	1	7	Active
9	Williams Coaches LtdStandard National · 08900796	1	6	Active
10	Faredeal Coaches LtdStandard National · 10574344	1	5	Active
11	Yorkshire Coaches LtdStandard International · 14573912	1	5	Active
12	Yesteryear Coaches LtdStandard National · 14732985	2	4	Active
13	Girlington Allover LtdStandard International · 11292334	1	3	Active
14	Ultimate Travel Solutions LtdStandard National · 14644458	1	3	Active
15	Limo and Supercar Hire LimitedStandard National · 08603114	1	1	Active
16	Tuscany in the Frame LimitedRestricted · 08041760	1	1	Active

Plus 12 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

64% of the 28 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.

PSV licences in Bradford by type

Standard National PSV12 43%
Restricted PSV11 39%
Standard International PSV5 18%

PSV licences in Bradford by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:5 licences
2 vehicles:7 licences
3–5 vehicles:6 licences
6–10 vehicles:3 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:0 licences
51–100 vehicles:2 licences
100+ vehicles:1 licences

Before you book a coach in Bradford

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.