Coach, bus and taxi hire in the North East

Stanley Travel are a passionate, family run travel company with 65 years of experience, providing coach, bus and taxi hire, as well as day trips and holiday services. We focus our business on traditional, value for money services through our committed team and tried, tested and trusted experience.

Our history

Stanley Travel were founded over 60 years ago in 1961. Back then we were Stanley Taxis, with just two taxis in a wooden hut. Today, we have over 80 vehicles and are North Durham’s largest taxi operator and a major employer with more than 90 staff. We still offer taxi services across the region, but we also have coach services, day trips and bus services, as well as corporate travel at both home and abroad.

Our accreditations

On top of that, we’re also proud to be one of only 40 UK operators to be awarded the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s CoachMarque accreditation. The accreditation is given for high levels of customer service, an excellent safety record and fleet of vehicles, and it is the only universally recognised kite-mark of quality in the UK coach industry.

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Our mission

We dedicate ourselves to continual and thorough checks and reviews to ensure every process, every journey, and every vehicle, matches the high standards and long-standing family beliefs of our founder, and father, Robert McGill Scott, when he started the business in 1961.