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Arriva North West〔(Companies House extract company no 1990871 ) Arriva Merseyside Limited formerly Merseyside Transport Limited〕〔(Companies House extract company no 523376 ) Arriva North West Limited formerly North Western Road Car Company Limited〕 is a bus operator running services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva. ==History== Arriva North West was originally formed following the split of Ribble Motor Services in preparation for privatisation in 1986,〔(Arriva North West - History ) Arriva〕 with the operations in Merseyside, West Lancashire and Wigan trading as North Western. The name was taken from the former North Western operations, which ran between 1923 and 1976. In 1988 the North Western operations were sold to Drawlane who was later sold to British Bus,〔(Companies House extract company no 2756786 ) British Bus Limited formerly British Bus plc〕 who also took over the operations of the Bee Line Buzz Company, who ran services in Greater Manchester. In 1996, British Bus was bought by the Cowie Group. In November 1997 Cowie was rebranded as Arriva with North Western becoming Arriva North West in 1998. In February 2000, Arriva North West purchased MTL Trust Holdings, which created a larger presence in the Merseyside area and more than doubled the size of the company. In 2002, Arriva North West merged with Arriva Cymru to form Arriva North West & Wales. Three former Arriva Midlands depots in Crewe, Macclesfield and Winsford were transferred into the North West & Wales operation, although Crewe closed in December 2005.〔〔(Arriva news ) ''ukbusinesspark.co.uk''〕 In July 2005 Arriva purchased Blue Bus of Bolton, which almost doubled their presence in Greater Manchester. In January 2009, the Wales operation was split from Arriva North West as Arriva Buses Wales with the Arriva North West name resurrected for the North West England operations.〔〔(Arriva names managing director for Arriva Buses Wales ) Arriva 10 November 2008〕 Although the company is officially known as Arriva North West, some operations were originally registered under alternative Arriva names. Former Bee Line operations were registered as Arriva Manchester, some Liverpool operations and, slightly confusingly, the former Blue Bus operations were registered as Arriva Liverpool. As of Autumn 2011 a large proportion of services in Merseyside remain registered under the separate Arriva Merseyside〔 licence, all other services are registered under the Arriva North West licence.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arriva North West」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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