Guidance and regulation

Overview of the public service vehicle operator licensing system.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 6 February 2024

Different bus registration and permit fees.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 14 May 2021

• Schedule of fees for bus registration and permits

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How travel authorities can reimburse bus operators that carry concessionary passholders such as disabled and older people.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 27 March 2024

A tool to calculate bus travel reimbursement for carrying concession permit holders for free.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 5 January 2024

How to claim funding from the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG).

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 9 November 2023

Guidance for local authorities and operators of local bus services in England.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 11 December 2020

Check local bus service registrations if you work for a local council or passenger transport authority.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 14 November 2016

Bus operators and local authorities in England must use this service to publish bus timetable, location and fares data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 31 May 2022

The data formats bus operators must use when publishing location data via the Bus Open Data Service under the SIRI-VM standard.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 21 October 2020

How operators can improve or maintain security to reduce violence on buses and coaches, or at stations and depots.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 30 July 2018

Guidance for registering a local bus service in an Enhanced Partnership (EP) area and appealing registration authority decisions.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 17 September 2019

Helping operators provide audible and visible information on bus and coach services across England, Scotland and Wales.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 26 April 2024

How local authorities can decarbonise local bus services.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 13 April 2022

Rules for operators on registering a flexibly routed local bus service and claiming a bus service operators’ grant.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 29 September 2016

An overview of the process for registering and operating local bus services in England and Wales

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 27 February 2024