About Ross Travel

With more than 50 years of experience in coach travel and transport, our family run company is one that you can trust.

The Best Coach Hire Service At The Best Price

At Ross Travel Group, we pride ourselves on our excellent service; it’s our unmatched attention to detail and passion for customer satisfaction that makes us stand out as a leading coach provider in Yorkshire.

Not only do we have state of the art coaches for all types of hire, but we also offer competitive prices to make your journey as affordable as possible.

Ross Travel Tour Coach

Founded 1968

Established in 1968, we’ve had more than 5 decades of experience in transport and travel. And it’s our wealth of knowledge plus our high standards of service that makes us the preferred coach provider for many local schools, colleges and businesses. With many of our customers coming back to us time and time again because of our expertise! We are also proud to be the official transport service for The Castleford Tigers.

Family Run

Because we are a family run company, we also understand the needs of every type of passenger, from families travelling with young children to the elderly or disabled travellers who need accessible transport.

All of our drivers have been CRB checked and have a CPC Drivers Certificate so rest assured that you’ll be in safe hands.

Unbeatable Service

Here at Ross Travel Group, we ensure that no matter where you’re going, your journey with us is going to be a pleasant and comfortable experience.

And with unbeatable coach hire prices, there’s no-one better for the job than us.

Our Story

Over the Years

Ross Travel Group logo
1968
Ross Taxi’s
Peter Ross’s first car Austin 1800 was Peters private car used for Ross Taxis. Running from his home address on Church Lane.

The journey started with Mr Ross doing taxi work in his spare time. He had his Hackney carriage plate allowing him to go on the taxi rank at Pontefract.

Ross Taxis 1968
1969
Taxi Fleet Expansion
Peter increased his taxi fleet to 5 cars over the year.
Ross Taxis Car Fleet 1968
1970
12 Seater Minibus
Peter secured a contract transporting staff through the night. This led to the purchase of a 12-seater transit minibus. He then progressed to 3 minibuses and 5 cars.
1969 Ross Travel Transit Minibus
1971

First 20 Seater Coach & New Premises

We soon realised we needed bigger premises and needed to expand the minibus and coach business. We moved premises from Church Lane to Church Court. This had a number of garages and ample parking around the bungalow.

Ross Travel Early 20 Seater Coach

The first 20 seater was purchased and the decision was made to wind down on the taxis.

1974

Further Expansion

Our fleet continued to increase to approximately 12 vehicles’ mainly full-size coaches, but we were once again very quickly outgoing our premises.

Mr Ross offered on our premises on Allison Street Featherstone. In 1984 the build for our garage and offices went ahead, in 2016 the yard premises were expanded to hold at least 12 more vehicles

Ross Travel Early Minibus
1990
Introducing disabled Coach Hire
In the early 1990’s Ross Travel went into Disabled Coach Hire which has proven to be a fantastic service to people with accessibility difficulties, Ross Travel also started a local stage carriage servicing the local public which was branded “Featherstone Rover”.
Ross Travel Early Disabled Access Coach
Present Day

Operating 22 Vehicles From Our Depot

We have currently operated from Allison Street for 32 years over this period we have introduced new Service Buses & Coaches into the fleet yearly.

We currently operate 22 vehicles from our depot, we are still a growing family run business of which thrive to deliver the best experience possible to our customers.

The Featherstone Rover Bus Community

Get a Quote

It couldn’t be easier getting a quote with Ross Travel. Simply pick up the phone and call one of our friendly team who will be more than happy to help.

01977 791 738

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