North Western Road Car Company[1] was a bus operator based in Liverpool, England.

In the lead up to the privatisation of the National Bus Company, in 1986 the government stipulated that the larger business units be split to boost competition.

[5] Crosville Motor Services like Ribble had seen its English and Welsh operations - now Crosville Cymru, split and after abandoning Liverpool (see above) what remained of Crosville in Cheshire and in particular the Wirral was unprofitable due to increased competition not only from Merseybus but also from Staffordshire based Potteries Motor Traction (PMT) which was in a phase of expansion and began a new operation on the Wirral branded as Red Rider as well as new entrants like Busman Buses, CMT Buses, Gold Star and Wirral Bus.

[8][9] Bee Line used high frequency minibuses and was a major competitor for former PTE operator GM Buses.

In the spring of 1993, British Bus acquired Crosville Cymru from National Express, who in 1989 had purchased Amberline, a Liverpool-based operator.