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Top 25 Public transportation operators based in the United Kingdom

Name: Public transportation operators based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 72 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 72 public transportation operators headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 28,473 professional contacts across them, including 9,591 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers public transportation operators headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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28,473Contacts tracked

9,591Verified emails

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The 25 largest public transportation operators based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 72 public transportation operators based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to public transportation operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Arriva Group	Partial evidence	Sunderland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	3,690 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Arriva is the leading passenger transport operator in Europe, employing around 36,200 people and delivering 1.5 billion passenger journeys each year, with businesses across 11…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Transport For Wales	Indirect evidence	Pontypridd, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,414 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Teimlad Trenau Newydd / That New Train Feeling” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Go-Ahead London	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,234 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are London's largest bus company and a part of The Go‑Ahead Group, an international provider of passenger transport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Greater Anglia	Indirect evidence	East Of England, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,080 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The new Greater Anglia franchise began operating on 16 October 2016.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Metroline LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,013 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A dynamic and ambitious company, Metroline is proudly serving one of the world’s busiest cities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Abellio Group	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	456 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Following a management buyout in February 2023, Abellio UK Group is now Transport UK Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Transport UK London BUS	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	377 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Part of the Transport UK Group, we operate bus services on behalf of Transport for London across the capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	GO North East	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	344 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 100 years, Go North East, part of the Go-Ahead Group Ltd, has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	GO South Coast LTD	Indirect evidence	Poole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Go South Coast is wholly owned by the Go-Ahead Group and is one of its largest companies in the bus division, and certainly its most diverse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Somerset Passenger Solutions LTD	Indirect evidence	Bridgwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	105 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Somerset Passenger Solutions is the leading choice for specialist passenger transport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Ticketer	Indirect evidence	Hungerford & London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ticketer is the UK’s leading provider of automatic vehicle location data, real-time information, fleet management and ticketing solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Transdev Airport Services	Indirect evidence	West Drayton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Providing passenger transport solutions at Europe’s busiest airport” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Tyne & Wear Metro	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Metro is an iconic light rail network serving the five districts in Tyne & Wear.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Ipswich Buses	Partial evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Proud to be one of the UK’s remaining municipal bus operators, Ipswich Buses is wholly owned by Ipswich Borough Council and operates 75 vehicles on a network of routes across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	London Hire Community Services	Partial evidence	Belvedere, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “London Hire Community Services provides fully accessible transport solution to both the Public and Private Sectors as well as the 3rd Sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Ace-Abc Taxis	Indirect evidence	Mansfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ACE-ABC aim to offer a high quality reliable service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Centaur Travel	Indirect evidence	Crayford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here at Centaur Travel we have been under the same family management since we were established in 1975.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Horseman Coaches LTD	Indirect evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horseman Coaches Ltd has been offering the very best in passenger transport since 1977.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Bath BUS Company Limited	Partial evidence	Bath, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BATH BUS COMPANY LIMITED is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of 6 N Parade, Bath, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Marks Transport Group LTD	Indirect evidence	Lincoln, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mark's Transport Group is made up of several unique business offerings including Passenger Services, MOT & Service, Vehicle Conversions, Vehicle Sales and Training Services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Init UK	Indirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “INIT is the worldwide leading supplier of integrated planning, dispatching, telematics and ticketing systems for buses and trains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Whitelaws Coaches LTD	Indirect evidence	Stonehouse, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1973, by George Whitelaw Sr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Stanley Travel	Indirect evidence	Stanley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “When you deal with Stanley Travel you are benefitting from years of tried, tested and trusted experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Kinchbus	Indirect evidence	Heanor, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We've been proudly serving Loughborough and its fine citizens for over 20 years, and our blue and yellow buses have got brighter and more popular each year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Redwoods Travel Limited	Indirect evidence	Cullompton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Redwood's Private Hire (Trading as Redwoods Travel Ltd) specialise in multi passenger transport solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: public transportation operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names public transportation operators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of public transportation operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name public transportation operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Public transportation operators based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

33.7%Verified-email coverage

395.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

15.3%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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5,001-10,000

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 72 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among public transportation operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “public transportation operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names public transportation operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among public transportation operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 9,591 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names public transportation operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many public transportation operators are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 72 public transportation operators headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Arriva Group, headquartered in Sunderland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most public transportation operators?

London leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (3) and Liverpool (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 9,591 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 72 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.