This list is a structured list of current operators, for an alphabetically ordered index of current and former operators, see List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

This is a list of current bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 and coach

Coach (vehicle)

A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

 operators of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, including public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

, private hire and tour operators.

Large groups

Most bus services in the United Kingdom are run by the Big 5, five large groups of companies which emerged in the 1990s from the consolidation of bus companies privatised in the 1980s. These groups are all focussed on transport. Some of them also run rail services, express coach services and overseas transport companies.

They are:

• Arriva
  Arriva
  Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
  
  
  • See List of Arriva bus companies
• First Group
  • See List of First UK bus companies
• Go-Ahead Group
  Go-Ahead Group
  The Go-Ahead Group plc is a rail and bus operating company that was created following the privatisation of the UK's train and bus industries. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-Early history:...
  
  
  • See List of Go-Ahead bus companies
• National Express Group
  National Express Group
  National Express Group plc is a British transport group headquartered in Birmingham that operates bus, coach, rail and tram services in the UK, the US and Canada, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe...
  
  
  • See List of National Express UK bus companies
• Stagecoach Group
  Stagecoach Group
  Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
  
  
  • See List of Stagecoach UK bus companies

Foreign-owned groups

A number of large foreign companies have entered the UK bus market. Their UK bus operations are not yet large, but they are growing.

• ComfortDelGro Corporation
  ComfortDelGro Corporation
  ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited is the world's second-largest transport company with a fleet of 46,200 vehicles.Headquartered in Singapore, ComfortDelGro also has operations in China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Currently, overseas ventures account for 50% of...
  
  , of Singapore
  • See ComfortDelGro UK bus companies
• Transdev
  Transdev
  Transdev was a major international public transport group based in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France and operating in several countries. Originally created as Société centrale pour l'équipement du territoire in 1955 and developing transportation activities since 1973, Transdev was a subsidiary...
  
  , of France
  • See List of Transdev UK bus companies
• Veolia Transport
  Veolia Transport
  Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...
  
  , of France
  • See List of Veolia UK bus companies

Other bus groups

• Rotala
  Rotala
  Rotala is an Alternative Investment Market listed company, which owns a variety of UK transport operators.Rotala was set up in 2005, with the main intention of acquiring or gaining majority interest in businesses within a number of areas.-Surrey Connect:...
  
  , operating as Connect Buses
  • Flights Hallmark
    Flights Hallmark
    Flights Hallmark is a luxury coach and corporate cars business, which is part of the Rotala group. It is based in the English Midlands and has depots around the country, including one at Heathrow Airport.- History :...
    
    
• Centrebus
  Centrebus
  Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton and Stevenage...
  
  
  • Bowers Coaches
    Bowers Coaches
    Eric W. Bowers Coaches Limited trading as Bowers is a bus operator based in the High Peak district of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. It is currently a subsidiary of the Centrebus Group, having been so since 2007, and prior to that an independent family business...
    
    
  • Trent Barton
    Trent Barton
    Trent Barton is one of the very small number of significant independent bus operators in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the result of merging Derbyshire's Trent Buses with Nottinghamshire's Barton Transport....
    
    
    • High Peak
      High Peak (bus company)
      High Peak is a bus company in Derbyshire, England, which is due to be formed in summer or autumn 2011. It will be a merger between Bowers Coaches and the Buxton division of Trent Barton....
      
       (to be formed in late 2011 between Trent Barton and Bowers)
• Wellglade Group
  • • Kinchbus
      Kinchbus
      Kinchbus is a bus operator based in Loughborough. It was originally an independent company established by Gilbert Kinch, but is now owned by the Wellglade Group. It operates various local services around Loughborough, Route 2 from Leicester to Loughborough and Skylink from Derby to Loughborough...
      
      , TM Travel
      TM Travel
      TM Travel is a bus operator based in Halfway, Sheffield which operates passenger bus services in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Founded in 1995 as a family-owned operation with one bus, by March 2008 it had expanded to become the largest independent operator in Derbyshire...
      
      
• Centrebus Holdings
  Centrebus Holdings
  Centrebus Holdings is a bus company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It is a partnership between Arriva and Centrebus, created in May 2008 to purchase both K-Line Travel and Stagecoach Yorkshire's Huddersfield operations.-Stagecoach:...
  
   (Formed in May 2008 as a 60:40 joint venture between Centrebus
  Centrebus
  Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton and Stevenage...
  
   shareholders and Arriva
  Arriva
  Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
  
   to acquire Stagecoach Huddersfield
  Stagecoach Yorkshire
  Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach UK Bus.It was formed in 2005 to take over the former Traction Group fleets in Yorkshire by Stagecoach Group, which took over Traction from Frank Carter on 14 December 2005; Yorkshire Traction, Yorkshire Terrier and Barnsley & District....
  
   and K-Line)
  • K-Line
    Teamdeck
    Teamdeck is a bus operator based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. As of May 2008 it is owned by Centrebus Holdings, a partnership between Centrebus of Leicester and Arriva, but continues to trade under the K-Line identity.They operate a number of public bus services in the Kirklees area...
    
    
  • The Huddersfield Bus Company

Municipal operators

For a list of the remaining local-government owned bus companies see Municipal bus companies

Municipal bus companies

A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom....

.

London

In London, a variety of companies run buses under contract to London Buses

London Buses

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London that manages bus services within Greater London, UK. Buses are required to carry similar red colour schemes and conform to the same fare scheme...

. They are:

• companies owned by four of the 'Big 5':
  • Arriva London
    Arriva London
    Arriva London is a division of Arriva which operates bus services in London, UK. It is made up of many previous bus operators including previously independent Grey Green...
    
    
  • First London
    First London
    .First London is one of many operators of London Buses and owned by First Group. They did also run the Tramlink network, in a partnership with Tramtrack Croydon before June 2008. Their registered office is at Paddington station in London...
    
    
  • Go-Ahead London
    Go-Ahead London
    Go-Ahead London is the trading name used collectively for the London bus operations of the Go-Ahead Group. The name first appeared in August 2008, before which the company had traded under separate names and brands...
    
     (London Central
    London Central
    London Central is one of many operators of London Buses. It was established in late 1988 as one of 12 operating subsidiaries of London Buses Limited , and was privatised to the Go-Ahead Group in September 1994...
    
    , London General
    London General
    London General is a bus company operating in Surrey ang Greater London. It is owned by the Go-Ahead Group and operates most buses under contract to London Buses...
    
    , Blue Triangle
    Blue Triangle
    Blue Triangle is one of many operators of London Buses, it is based in Rainham and is part of Go-Ahead London. It is the operator of the East London Transit service.-History:...
    
    , Docklands Buses
    Docklands Buses
    Docklands Buses is one of many bus companies operating contracted services on behalf of London Buses.-History:The company was formed by Transit Holdings in 1993 as 'Docklands Transit'. It initially operated local commercial routes using minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to...
    
    )
  • Stagecoach London
    Stagecoach London
    Stagecoach London , is a bus company which principally operates services in the UK capital city of London, under contract to the London Buses arm of Transport for London. It was formed in 1989 as a subsidiary of London Buses. The company privatised in 1994 and acquired by the Stagecoach Group, but...
    
    

• companies owned by three foreign-based groups:
  • ComfortDelGro (Metroline
    Metroline
    Metroline, owned by ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore, is one of many companies operating bus services in London under the management of London Buses.-Company history:...
    
    )
  • Transdev London
    Transdev London
    London United is one of many operators of London Buses and is owned by the RATP Group, an international public transport operator owned by the government of France...
    
    
  • Abellio London
• social enterprise
  Social enterprise
  A social enterprise is an organization that applies business strategies to achieving philanthropic goals. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit....
  
  s:
  • CT Plus
• Independent companies:
  • Quality Line
    Quality Line
    Quality Line is the trading name of the bus division of Epsom Coaches, and operates over sixty buses throughout the south London and Surrey area, with many under contract to London Buses or Surrey County Council.-History:...
    
    

Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland most bus services are operated by government-owned Translink

Translink (Northern Ireland)

Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company , a public corporation in Northern Ireland which provides the public transport in the region. NI Railways, Ulsterbus and Metro are all part of Translink....

 through their subsidiaries:

• Metro
  Metro (Belfast)
  Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, within the common management structure of Translink, along with Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways....
  
   (formerly Citybus)
• Ulsterbus
  Ulsterbus
  Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink , which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro Belfast and Flexibus.-Services:Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the province-wide bus...
  
  

England

• Abbotts of Leeming
• ABUS of Bristol
• AMK Mini Coaches
• Anglian Bus
  Anglian Bus
  Anglian Bus is a large independent bus operator based in Beccles in Suffolk, England. The company operates services over a wide area in both Norfolk and Suffolk, running a fleet of around 63 buses and coaches...
  
  
• Avon Buses
  Avon Buses
  Avon Buses is the third largest bus operating company on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Based in Prenton, Merseyside, the company has an all-single deck fleet of about 38 vehicles as of May 2011, most of them low-floor.-History:...
  
  
• Axe Valley
• BakerBus
  BakerBus
  BakerBus is the trading name used by the bus fleet of Bakers Coaches, a bus and coach operator based in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England. They operate a fleet of around 50 vehicles on local bus services and coach hire work.-History:...
  
  
• Berrys Coaches
  Berrys Coaches
  Berry’s Coaches is a family run business, that was established in 1920, operating from the County Town of Taunton in the heart of the West Country. Their fleet is made up of around thirty standard and executive coaches, mainly bodied by Van Hool and built upon the Volvo B10M and Volvo B12 chassis...
  
  
• The Big Lemon
  The Big Lemon
  The Big Lemon is a bus operator in Brighton, East Sussex, England, operating public bus services and private hire operations as well as festival travel and waste oil collection...
  
  
• BL Travel
• Bluebird Bus & Coach
  Bluebird Bus & Coach
  Bluebird Bus and Coach is a bus operator based in Middleton in Greater Manchester. The company was formed in 1988 by three members of the Dunstan family)...
  
  
• Blue Bus of Penwortham
  Blue Bus of Penwortham
  Blue Bus is a bus operator based in Penwortham area of Preston in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire. It operates many routes, including services to Preston City Centre. The company is one of a diminishing number of independent bus companies running in England, many now part of larger...
  
  
• Blue Bus of Staffordshire
  Blue Bus of Staffordshire
  Blue Bus of Staffordshire, also known as Scraggs Motors, is a bus operator serving the area of Staffordshire and the city of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has a variety of services, ranging from high frequency urban services to low frequency community services.-External links:***...
  
   (Scraggs Motors)
• Bodmans Coaches
• Brijan Tours
  Brijan Tours
  Brijan Tours is a bus and coach company based in Curdridge, Hampshire, England, It operates a number of local bus services , as well as providing a range of vehicles for private hire services that extend as far as Europe....
  
  
• Buglers
  Buglers
  Bugler Coaches is a bus and coach company which operates from Bristol, England. The company runs coach day trips to various destinations around England...
  
  
• Bullocks Coaches
  Bullocks Coaches
  Bullocks Coaches is a Stockport bus company that formerly ran a popular service between Piccadilly Gardens and Woodford seven days a week. They are named after Ralph Bullock, a local entrepreneur, and founder of the business...
  
  
• Carousel Buses
  Carousel Buses
  Carousel Buses is an independent bus company based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England which operates a network of local and inter-urban bus services.-History:Carousel Buses was formed in 2000...
  
  
• Centrebus
  Centrebus
  Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton and Stevenage...
  
  
• Centrebus Holdings
  Centrebus Holdings
  Centrebus Holdings is a bus company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It is a partnership between Arriva and Centrebus, created in May 2008 to purchase both K-Line Travel and Stagecoach Yorkshire's Huddersfield operations.-Stagecoach:...
  
  
• C G Myall & Sons
• Checkmate Transport
  Checkmate Transport
  Checkmate Transport is an independent transport operator, situated in Mossley, Greater Manchester. They currently own 4 buses, mainly Optare Solo's with a Plaxton Beaver used for a school route and as a spare for public services, and along with the school service they operate a mix of tendered...
  
  
• Coach House Travel
• Coastal & Country
• Coastal Coaches
• Compass Bus
  Compass Bus
  Compass Bus, or Compass Travel, is an independent bus and coach operator based in Durrington, Worthing, West Sussex. They operate over 50 bus services throughout West Sussex and Surrey, linking many places other bus companies do not serve. They operate commercial and contracted routes, including...
  
  
• Connect2Wiltshire
  Connect2Wiltshire
  Connect2Wiltshire is a demand responsive transport network in southern Wiltshire operating in many places including Calne, Kennet Valley, Mere, the Vale of Pewsey, Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury and the Woodford & Wylye Valleys....
  
  
• Cotswold Green
  Cotswold Green
  Cotswold Green is a bus company located in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. It was created in August 2006 in order to acquire the operations of Ebley Bus and trading began in December 2006....
  
  
• Courtney Coaches
  Courtney Coaches
  Courtney Coaches are a bus operator baseed in Bracknell, Berkshire, England. They operate a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in and around Bracknell and Maidenhead...
  
  
• County Bus
• Countryliner
• Cumfybus
  Cumfybus
  Cumfybus Ltd is a bus operating company based in Southport in Merseyside, England. Its operations were small scale throughout the 1990s, but it has expanded significantly since its incorporation as a limited company in 2002, and as of 2010 has a fleet of nearly 100 buses.-Fleet:The Optare Solo...
  
  
• Dales & District
  Dales & District
  Dales & District is a bus operator based in North Yorkshire, England. Owned by Procters Coaches it has its main depot at Leeming Bar by the side of the A1.The company's original network included services up Wensleydale and around Northallerton...
  
  
• Delaine Buses
  Delaine Buses
  Delaine Buses is a bus operator based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. They operate many East Lancashire Coachbuilders buses including the first ever Olympus.-Current Bus Services:See company timetable...
  
  
• Discover Dorset
• East Yorkshire Motor Services
  East Yorkshire Motor Services
  East Yorkshire Motor Services is a large bus and coach operator which operates throughout Kingston upon Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, the North Yorkshire coast and the North York Moors. In and around Scarborough, EYMS operates as Scarborough & District Motor Services...
  
  
  • Finglands Coachways
• Emsworth and District
  Emsworth and District
  Emsworth & District founded in 1977 is an independent bus operator in Hampshire and Sussex, owned by Paul and Marion Lea and their daughter Caren. Despite its name, its buses are most likely to be seen in Havant, the town neighbouring Emsworth....
  
  
• Ensignbus
  Ensignbus
  Ensignbus is a Purfleet-based bus and coach dealer, open top bus tour operator and bus service operator. Ensignbus has amassed 20 ex-London vehicles of various ages and conditions in a ....
  
  
• Faresaver
• Felix Bus Services
  Felix Bus Services
  Felix Bus Services is a small British bus and coach operator based in the village of Stanley, near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.-History:The company's founder Norman Frost bought a Crossley lorry from the War Department in 1921. A second Crossley with charabanc bodywork was purchased the following year....
  
  
• Fleet Buzz
• Frome Minibuses
• Geldards Coaches
  Geldards Coaches
  Geldards Coaches is a privately owned company that operates an increasing number of bus services around Leeds in West Yorkshire. It operates regular cross city urban services in Leeds on a commercial basis. A large proportion of its work is coach trips as well as private hire and school...
  
  
• Go Whippet
  Go Whippet
  Go Whippet, also known as Whippet Coaches, is a bus operator based in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. The company started as a family firm and steadily grew, today rising to 'fame' on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.-History:...
  
  
• Godsons
• Golden Boy Coaches
• Halifax Joint Committee
  Halifax Joint Committee
  Halifax Joint Committee is an independent bus company operating in and around Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.Its buses are painted in the livery of the former County Borough of Halifax a whose buses and services were taken over by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive on 1 April...
  
  
• Hardings coach company
  Hardings coach company
  Hardings Coach Company is a bus and coach company, located in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. The company runs twenty-four coaches on a national basis, and regularly run scheduled bus services to the schools of Redditch and surrounding areas...
  
  
• Harrogate Coach Travel
  Harrogate Coach Travel
  -History:The company was established in 2002 by Craig and Julie Temple, the directors of the company, as Harrogate Coach Travel. The company is based in Green Hammerton, which has a York postcode even if it is under the Harrogate district...
  
  
• Hatch Green Coaches
• Hayton's Coaches
• Hedingham Omnibuses
  Hedingham Omnibuses
  Hedingham Omnibuses is an Essex bus company founded by Aubrey Ernest Letch shortly after serving in World War I, with his parents' help and trading under his own name. It started as a coach hire company, but gradually expanded as Letch started running bus services to Braintree and Sudbury on...
  
  
• Holderness Area Rural Transport (H.A.R.T.)
  Holderness Area Rural Transport (H.A.R.T.)
  Holderness Area Rural Transport is a registered Charitable organization running door to door dial-a-ride Community Transport services for North, Mid and South Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England.-Objectives:...
  
  
• HTL Buses
  HTL Buses
  HTL Buses is the trading name of Huyton Travel Ltd, a bus operating company based in Huyton in Merseyside, England. The company originated as Huyton Taxis Ltd, assuming its present title in 1990. Having previously operated minibuses, it has expanded into local bus service work since the mid 2000s...
  
  
• Hulleys of Baslow
  Hulleys of Baslow
  Henry Hulley and Sons Ltd, trading as Hulleys of Baslow, is a bus company based in Baslow, Derbyshire, England. It has been in business for over eighty years. As well as operating scheduled bus services and school contracts, it also operates chartered coach services. The company comprises 16...
  
  
• Imperial Buses
  Imperial Buses
  Imperial Buses is a small bus company located in Romford, Essex who operate public transport services and private hire in Essex, Greater London and Thurrock.-Routes:...
  
  

• Jackson's of Silsden
• Jim Stones Coaches
  Jim Stones Coaches
  Jim Stones Coaches is a bus operator that operates a number of commercial and supported routes on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester in the town Wigan Borough Town of Leigh in Western Greater Manchester area...
  
  
• John Fishwick and Sons
  John Fishwick and Sons
  John Fishwick & Sons is a bus company based in Leyland, Lancashire. The company operates around the central Lancashire area with buses travelling to Chorley in the south and to the city of Preston in the North. JFS is also the major bus operator to the South Preston areas...
  
  
• JP Travel
  JP Travel
  JP Travel, sometimes known as JPT or Jpt Bus Company, is a bus company based at Middleton in Greater Manchester, England. The company is owned by Janet and Peter Walsh and runs local services in the North Manchester area. The JP in JP Travel forms the initials of their first names.-History:The...
  
  
• Kent Top Travel
  Kent Top Travel
  Kent Top Temps Ltd trading as KENT TOP TRAVEL is a bus operator in Kent, England, wholly owned by Kent County Council . The majority of Kent Top Travel's route portfolio comprises rural, evening and Sunday services let under competitive tender in open competition with private bus operators...
  
  
• King Travel
  King Travel
  Pilkingtons Buses is a bus company operating in the North West of England. It was established in 1967.Following the collapse of the original company in 2006, the new company was formed from the next generation of Pilkington's family members not long afterwards, and is one of numerous other...
  
  
• Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire
• Linkrider Coaches
• Little Red Bus
• Longstaff
  JJ Longstaff and Sons
  JJ Longstaff and Sons is a British-based local bus, holiday and coach operator, headquartered in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. It was incorporated on 9 September 1946.-History:...
  
  
• M&D Minicoaches
• Marshalls Coaches of Sutton-on-Trent
• MASS Engineering
  MASS Engineering
  MASS Engineering and BrightBus, which is officially MAS Special Engineering Ltd, is a Sheffield-based company engaged in the manufacture of bodies for motor vehicles and school bus operation...
  
  
• Midland (bus operator)
• Mountain Goat Ltd
  Mountain Goat Ltd
  Mountain Goat is a bus operator in Cumbria, England established in 1972, providing local bus services and minibuses to the more remote parts of the Lake District.-Routes:...
  
  
• M Travel
• NIBS
• Nippy Bus
  Nippy Bus
  Nippy Bus is a privately owned company that operate a number of bus services around Somerset, England. It operates local town services in Yeovil under contract to the County Council as well as rural services. An ex-London Transport Routemaster bus is available for private hire work...
  
  
• Norfolk Green
  Norfolk Green
  -About Norfolk Green:Norfolk Green is a bus operator based in King's Lynn in Norfolk, England.It operates 31 public bus services across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire as well as numerous school and collage services with a fleet of 73 low floor easy access buses, services include the...
  
  
• Nu-Venture
  Nu-Venture
  Nu-Venture Coaches Ltd is an Aylesford, Kent-based bus company. Established in 1960s as a coach company, Nu-Venture once operated coach tour holidays all over Europe, and, in the 1980s, a London commuter service, but coach hire activities ceased in 2010....
  
  
• Paul S Winson
• Pennine Motor Services
• Poppletons
• Premiere Travel
  Premiere Travel
  Premiere Travel is a family-owned bus and coach operator largely serving the Nottinghamshire area. The company was formed in 2002 with a pair of Leyland Nationals and has developed into a significant size providing mainly local bus services....
  
  
• Preston Bus
  Preston Bus
  Preston Bus is a bus operator running within the city of Preston, England and into the surrounding area. In 2009, it was acquired by the Stagecoach Group and was rebranded Stagecoach in Preston, before they were subsequently ordered to sell the company as a result of competition concerns...
  
  
• Pride of the Dales
• Quantock Motor Services
  Quantock Motor Services
  Quantock Motor Services is a privately owned company based in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England. that operates a small number of bus services around Minehead and Taunton under contract to Somerset County Council, and one commercial route and rural tourist bus services around Exmoor. Much of its...
  
  
• Red Line Buses
• Red Rose Travel
• Red Route Buses
• Regal Busways
  Regal Busways
  Regal Busways Ltd is a small bus operator established in 2001 and based in Essex. Their services operate through 30 local communities including Chelmsford, Epping, The Hanningfields, Canvey Island, Harlow, Ongar, Pleshey, Toot Hill, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross and Wickford.-History:Regal...
  
  
• Renown Coaches
  Renown Coaches
  Renown Coaches are based in Bexhill with a yard at Newhaven. They run bus services in East Sussex, Essex, Kent and into Hertfordshire. They also offer self drive car hire, coach hire and day trips by coach...
  
  
• Richmonds Coaches
• Ross Travel
• Safeguard Coaches
  Safeguard Coaches
  Safeguard Coaches is a bus and coach operator based in the Surrey town of Guildford, England.Established in 1924, Safeguard currently provide a number of bus services around Guildford, some of which are jointly operated with Arriva Guildford and West Surrey, and coach private hire services over a...
  
  
• Sanders Coaches
• Sargeants of Kington
  Sargeants of Kington
  Sargeants Bros Ltd is a limited company based in Kington, Herefordshire, UK.They are a bus operator whose main operations concentrate on stage service and schools contract work for Herefordshire County Council and Powys County Council....
  
  
• Shaftesbury & District
• Shamrock Buses
  Shamrock Buses
  Shamrock Buses was a bus operator based in Poole on the south coast of England. It operated many contracted routes in Poole, Bournemouth and the surrounding area...
  
  
• SM Coaches
  SM Coaches
  S.M. Coaches is a bus and coach operating company based in Harlow, Essex in the United Kingdom. They mostly operate local services around Harlow, as well as school services and private hire. Olympian Coaches is also a part of the business, operating school services, private hire and commuter...
  
  
• Soames Coaches
  Soames Coaches
  Soames Coaches or Forget-Me-Not Travel is a coach company based in Otley, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.-Duties:The company operates school contracts as well as private hire excursions...
  
  
• Somerbus
• Southdown PSV
  Southdown PSV
  Link title Southdown PSV Limited is a medium sized country bus operator with 22 various routes across East Surrey and West Kent. Most of their routes are operated on behalf of Surrey County Council or Kent County Council, other work includes Railway replacement services for emergencies and planned...
  
  
• South Lancs Travel
  South Lancs Travel
  South Lancs Travel is a privately owned bus operator in the districts of Bolton and Wigan in Greater Manchester operating an extensive commercial network along with tendered services on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester. It also serves some areas of the districts of Salford & Trafford such...
  
  
• South West Coaches
  South West Coaches
  South West Coaches is a privately owned company that operate a number of bus services around Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, in South West England. It operates local town services in Yeovil under contract to the County Council, ex-Sureline routes in the Dorchester, Weymouth and Isle of Portland...
  
  
• Speedwellbus
  Speedwellbus
  Speedwellbus is a bus operator based in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It operates a fleet of 25 buses on commercial and contracted services. Operations commenced in 2002 with a service between Glossop and Tintwistle, and were expanded with the addition of contracts from Derbyshire County...
  
  
• Star Travel, Aylesbury
• Star Travel, Dewsbury
• Stephensons of Essex
  Stephensons of Essex
  Stephensons of Essex is a privately owned bus company based in south Essex, in England, operating local bus and contract services in the same areas as Arriva Southend, Ensignbus, First Essex, NIBS, and Regal Busways. It also runs private hire coaches, and has a bus and coach dealership and sales...
  
  
• Stephensons of Easingwold
• Stotts Coaches
  Stotts Coaches
  E. Stott & Sons, more commonly known as Stotts Coaches or just simply Stotts is a bus and coach company based in Milnsbridge near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.-History:...
  
  
• Stotts Tours
• Strawberry
  Strawberry (bus operator)
  Strawberry is a bus operator based in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It was founded in 2009 and attracted attention by offering free rides for passengers with red hair for a period. By March 2010 it operated two routes, with a third planned...
  
  
• Stringers of Pontefract
• Sullivan Buses
  Sullivan Buses
  Sullivan Buses is a bus operating company based in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1999, it operates local bus services in and around Hertfordshire including school services; rail replacement bus services in and near London; bus links in Surrey to and from Thorpe Park; and vehicle...
  
  
• Sunray Travel
  Sunray Travel
  Sunray Travel is a bus and coach operator based in the Surrey town of Epsom, England. They operate private hire coaches, and previously a variety of bus services, however as of September 2011 are now only running one Surrey County Council school bus contract...
  
  
• Thames Travel
  Thames Travel
  Thames Travel is a bus operator based in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in England. It is the third largest bus company in the county It operates a fleet of around 34 vehicles, and employs 75 staff. Running services across the Thames region, the company carries approximately 1.25 million passengers a year...
  
  
• Thornes Independent
• Thurmaston Bus
  Thurmaston Bus
  Thurmaston Bus was an independent operator who operated a mixture of commercial and tendered bus services in Leicester. On Wednesday 10 August 2011 Thurmaston Bus were issued a winding up order...
  
  
• Timebus Travel
  Timebus Travel
  Timebus Travel is a bus operator based north of London, United Kingdom specialising only in heritage ex-London buses for private hire.- History :...
  
  
• T J Walsh
• TLC Bradford
• Travel de Courcey
  Travel De Courcey
  Travel de Courcey is a bus operator based near Coventry in the West Midlands region of England. They operate routes in the Coventry and Warwickshire area. The company was founded in 1972 by Mike de Courcey and now operate 74 vehicles, including 12 executive coaches, and employ around 130 staff...
  
  
• Turners Tours
• TWH Bus & Coach
  TWH Bus & Coach
  TWH Bus & Coach is a small bus and coach company located in Loughton, Essex who operate bus and coach services services in Essex, Hertfordshire and Greater London.-History:...
  
  
• Tyrer Bus
• Uno
  Uno (bus company)
  Uno is a bus service operated by the University of Hertfordshire, England, serving members of the general public, and also its own students and staff...
  
   (Universitybus)
• Utopia Minicoaches
• Velvet
  Velvet (bus company)
  Velvet is a bus company located in Eastleigh, owned by Phil Stockley, the former manager of Solent Blue Line. The company was set up on 3rd November 2007, and its first operational contract was started in January 2008, running a temporary shuttle for Tesco staff.On 25 February 2008, Velvet took...
  
  
• Verwood Bus
• Weardale Motor Services
• Webberbus
  Webberbus
  WebberBus is a privately owned company that operates bus services around Bridgwater, Minehead, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. It operates regular inter-urban services radiating from Taunton on a commercial basis, as well as a number of rural services and local town routes under...
  
  
• Western Greyhound
  Western Greyhound
  Western Greyhound is a bus operator based in Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It operates many services throughout the county and also into Devon...
  
  
• Wightbus
  Wightbus
  Not to be confused with Wrightbus, the bus manufacturerWightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, owned by the Isle of Wight Council...
  
  
• Wilfreda Beehive
  Wilfreda Beehive
  Wilfreda Beehive is a coach and bus operator based in Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster.-History:It was formed in 1949 by Bill and Marie Scholey, and remains in family ownership. At first it operated coach services from a depot at Ranskill, near Bawtry...
  
  
• Woottens Luxury Travel
  Woottens Luxury Travel
  Woottens Luxury Travel are a coach company in Buckinghamshire, England and the surrounding counties. They run local bus services under the name Tiger Line.-History:...
  
   t/a Tiger Line
• Yesteryear Coaches
• York Pullman
  York Pullman
  York Pullman is a bus operating company based in Rufforth, England. The first company to use the Pullman name was founded in 1926 by Norman Pearce and Hartas Foxton. It operated from three depots in York and used a livery of maroon and cream similar to that used on Pullman trains...
  
  
• Your Bus

Scotland

• Ayrshire Bus Owners (A1 Service)
  Ayrshire Bus Owners (A1 Service)
  Ayrshire Bus Owners Ltd was a prominent independent co-operative bus operator in Ayrshire, Scotland. Based in Ardrossan, it provided local bus services around the towns of Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston, Kilwinning, Irvine and Dreghorn, as well as the company's trunk route from Ardrossan to...
  
  
• Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire
  Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire
  Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts in West Scotland, near Glasgow....
  
   (Law of Shotts)
• Munro's of Jedburgh
  Munro's of Jedburgh
  Munro's of Jedburgh is a bus operating company based in the Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh. They operate a number of local routes both in the Scottish Borders and in Midlothian.-History:...
  
  
• West Coast Motors
  West Coast Motors
  West Coast Motors is a coach and bus operator based in Campbeltown in Argyll. The founding of the company dates back to 1921. As well as the Campbeltown HQ, the company has bases in Ardrishaig, Oban, Dunoon, Rothesay and Glasgow.-History:...
  
  
• Glasgow Citybus
  Glasgow Citybus
  Glasgow Citybus is a Scottish bus operator, operating a number of bus routes throughout Greater Glasgow, primarily in Glasgow and Dunbartonshire...
  
  

Wales

• Edwards Coaches
  Edwards Coaches
  Edwards Coaches is a family-owned coach company based in Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd in South Wales.Since 1925, the Edwards family has operated buses and coaches in South Wales. It was founded by George Edwards. Over recent years, the company has expanded by acquiring several smaller local firms...
  
  
• Express Motors
  Express Motors
  Express Motors is a bus and coach hire company based in Penygroes, Gwynedd. The company operates numerous public bus services in the Caernarfon, Porthmadog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bangor and Llandudno areas, as well as the long-distance TrawsCambria service X32 between Bangor and Aberystwyth, though...
  
  
• GHA Coaches
  GHA Coaches
  GHA Coaches is a bus and coach operator serving North East Wales and surrounding areas in the United Kingdom. Their current total of bus operations has increased dramatically in recent years after purchases of other local bus operators such as Bryn Melyn, Chaloner's, Hanmers Coaches and Vale of...
  
  
• George Edwards and Son
  George Edwards and Son
  George Edwards and Son is a small bus company that operates from Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham in Wales. It was inaugurated in 1923, and the company has run coaches since that date.Originally, the only competition was Wrexham & District Transport Co...
  
  
• Lloyds Coaches
  Lloyds Coaches
  Lloyds Coaches operates bus and coach services in mid Wales. It is a small family-run independent firm. The company is based at the old Crosville bus depot opposite Machynlleth railway station. It was established in 2001.-History:...
  
  
• Padarn Bus
  Padarn Bus
  Padarn Bus is a bus company based in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. It operates a fleet of around 40 buses on 18 routes in North Wales. Many of its vehicles and routes were acquired when it merged with larger company KMP.-History:...
  
  
• Tanat Valley Coaches
  Tanat Valley Coaches
  Tanat Valley Coaches operates bus and coach services in Montgomeryshire and across the Shropshire-Welsh borderland, in the United Kingdom.The family-run firm is based in the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, west of Oswestry. It also has a depot in the nearby village of Pentrefelin, in addition...
  
  
• Townlynx
  Townlynx
  Townlynx is a bus operator located in North East Wales. It mainly operates local routes, some of which are subsidised by Flintshire County Council. Stephen Lee also operates some school buses under the Leeway name...
  
  

Tour bus companies

• City Sightseeing
  City Sightseeing
  City Sightseeing is a global sightseeing bus brand, started by Ensignbus and the Spanish , which operates tour bus rides worldwide.Typically the tours consist of an open top double-decker bus. As the bus travels around the town or city, pre-recorded or live commentary is provided. City Sightseeing...
  
  
• The Big Bus Company
  The Big Bus Company
  Big Bus Tours is a London-based open-top bus sightseeing company.The Big Bus Company is a family-owned company, founded by Richard, Eleanor and Desmond Maybury. It started in central London in June 1991 with 4 buses and now operates over 150 buses worldwide...
  
  
• The Original Tour, part of Arriva

Express coaches

UK express coach operators include:

• EasyBus
  EasyBus
  EasyBus provides UK express coach services to and from London and its main airports. It was founded by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 2003, and is part of the EasyGroup...
  
  
• Green Line
  Green Line Coaches
  Green Line is a commuter coach brand in the Home Counties of England. It is owned by the Arriva group.Green Line has its origin in the network of coach services established by the London General Omnibus Company in the 1920s and 1930s...
  
  , part of Arriva
• Megabus
  Megabus (United Kingdom)
  Megabus is a UK coach service operated by Stagecoach Group. It started in 2003 and as of February 2010 operated 19 UK coach routes serving 41 destinations in England, Scotland and Wales. Some services link with Megatrain services which are also operated by Stagecoach...
  
  , part of Stagecoach
• National Express
  National Express
  National Express Coaches, more commonly known as National Express, is a brand and company, owned by the National Express Group, under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in Great Britain are operated,...
  
  
• Dot2Dot http://www.dot2.com
• Parks Motor Group
  Parks Motor Group
  Park's Motor Group is a large company based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in Central Scotland. It is one of the most well-known and recognisable brands in Scotland. The company is wholly owned by Douglas Park who founded the business in 1971 as a coach and bus operation with three vehicles...
  
   (parent company of Parks of Hamilton & Trathens)
• Scottish Citylink
  Scottish Citylink
  Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland . The company was formed as a subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in June 1985...