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Arriva Midlands North Ltd operator licence PD0000478

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ValidDVSA file 7 Sep 2026

Arriva Midlands North Ltd holds a valid Standard National PSV (bus and coach) operator licence (PD0000478) in the West Midlands traffic area, authorising 195 vehicles, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

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Vehicles authorised
195
Trailers authorised
0
Operating centres
3
Continuation date
31 May 2028

Licence details

Licence number
PD0000478
Status
Valid
Licence type
Standard National
Vehicle category
Public service vehicles (buses and coaches)
Traffic area
West Midlands
Vehicles
195 authorised146 currently specified (listed on the licence). The operator may use up to the authorised number.
Trailers
0 authorised
Continuation date
31 May 2028The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
Operator type
Limited Company
Earned recognition
Listed in DVSA’s earned recognition schemeDVSA list updated 1 October 2026. Accredited 28 September 2023.
Company number
01556305 on Companies House
How to read this record
Standard National PSV licence
Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
Valid
The licence is listed as valid in the DVSA file.
Vehicles and trailers authorised
The most vehicles and trailers the operator may use under the licence. The number specified is how many are listed on it now.
Operating centre
Where the vehicles are kept when not in use. A licence can have several.
Continuation date
The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.
Traffic area
The Traffic Commissioner's area that issued the licence. Its letter is the second letter of the licence number.

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Key facts

  • Next continuation: 31 May 2028, in 19 months.
  • With 195 vehicles authorised, it is the 6th largest of the 196 company licences with an operating centre in Tamworth, and holds 3% of the vehicles authorised there.
  • It authorises more vehicles than 99% of the 6,632 company licences in the West Midlands traffic area, where the median is 4 vehicles.
  • It lists 3 operating centres, more than the median of 1 for company licences in the West Midlands traffic area.
  • Companies House register at 30 September 2026: active; incorporated 15 April 1981 (45 years before the register date); nature of business: other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar); next accounts due 30 September 2027.
  • Listed in DVSA's earned recognition scheme (list updated 1 October 2026), accredited 28 September 2023.

Company register

Companies House register at 30 September 2026

Status
Active
Incorporated
15 April 198145 years before the register date
Accounts
Next due 30 September 2027Last made up to 31 December 2025
Confirmation statement
Next due 5 June 2027Last made up to 22 May 2026
Nature of business
  • Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) (49319)
SIC codes the company gave Companies House.

Gazette insolvency notices: none for company 01556305 since 1 January 2026, read up to 3 October 2026. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Company 01556305 on Companies HouseContains Companies House data. Monthly file, register at 30 September 2026. Data status

Traffic Commissioner decisions

No written decision (published since January 2025) and no entry in Applications and Decisions or Notices and Proceedings (since January 2026) names this licence number. All decisions on GOV.UK

Operating centres 3

Where the vehicles are kept when not in use.

  1. Aldergate Tamworth Garage

    Tamworth, B79 7DX

  2. Stafford Park 18 Unit F Stafford Park

    Telford, TF3 3BN

  3. Harlescott Lane Arriva Bus Depot

    Shrewsbury, SY1 4AL

Change history

What changed between each weekly DVSA file we hold.

  1. History starts from the DVSA file dated . It is the only DVSA file we hold so far.

About Arriva Midlands North Ltd

Is Arriva Midlands North Ltd licensed?
Yes. Arriva Midlands North Ltd holds operator licence PD0000478, which is valid in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.
What type of operator licence does Arriva Midlands North Ltd hold?
Standard National PSV licence (PD0000478). Runs buses or coaches for payment on journeys within Great Britain.
When is Arriva Midlands North Ltd's continuation date?
31 May 2028. The licence is continued on this date every five years. The fee for a goods licence is due by the end of the month before. It is not an expiry date.

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DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. How we read it

Company facts: Companies House register at . Contains Companies House data.Earned recognition: DVSA’s list updated .Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.

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