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Welcome to Tates Travel Group, the largest independent bus and coach operator in the Barnsley and wider South Yorkshire area. We currently operate a number of bus services centered on the Barnsley & Rotherham areas, with services radiating out to Meadowhall and Wakefield also.

We currently operate a fleet of over 50 vehicles across the Yorkshire area. We operate a wide range of vehicles, with most vehicles meeting DDA compliance, 5 years ahead of schedule. Most of our services are now operated by low floor easy access vehicles, making your journey with Tates Travel Group even more accessible and convenient.

We operate School contracts on behalf of SYPTE and commercial School contracts. For further information regarding our School contracts and the routes that we operate, please refer to the 'Schools' section of this website.

Current Vacancies

For information on our current vacancies, plrease refer here.

Coach Hire

Tates Travel is a family owned business with many years experience in the coach, bus and minibus industry. Our company operates coaches from Sheffield, Barnsley & Dewsbury in Yorkshire and is split into three divisions. Our vehicles are maintained in our 6000 sq ft workshops in Barnsley. They are vigorously maintained and safety inspected as approved by the Ministry of Transport (VOSA).

Our fleet of 70 seater coaches are ideal for Schools as 2 classes can travel on 1 coach. The cost is generally far less than 2 standard coaches. These vehicles have all been converted to 70 seaters and have had a vigorous Ministry of Transport approved check prior to coming into service.  We started in 2001 with one 70 seated coach and such is the demand for them we now operate 5 within the group. 

They all have full 3 point car type seat belts and some are fitted with T.V. and video facilities.  We are one of only a very few operators who have this type of coach and early booking is essential. No other operator in the Barnsley / Wakefield / Dewsbury / Sheffield area have this type of vehicle, so demand for them is always high. Please see 'Coach Hire' for further details and photos of our fleet of vehicles.

For further information regarding our company, please have a look around this website. We include information about fares, routes and timetables, amongst other things. If you are looking for Private Hire, then please either vist the 'Private Hire' section of this website, or alternatively visit our sister site for Stanley Gath coaches, by clicking here.

Tates Travel group ensures:
All coaches have seatbelts.
There is an efficient procedure for dealing with complaints.
A high standard of customer service.
Approved high quality staff and driver training programmes.
Full compliance with financial protection legislation.