Crosville Motor Services
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Crosville Motor Services was a bus operator running within the north west of England and Wales. The company was formed in 1906 with one of the major routes being between Chester and Ellesmere Port, and was to grow to incorporate bus services in Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales, becoming one of the major names in the British bus industry.
The company was split into two upon bus deregulation and the privatisation of the National Bus Company in the 1980s. Crosville Cymru was to remain generally in one piece, but the remainder of Crosville based in England was to be split between then-sister companies North Western and Midland Red North.
The Wirral operations were sold on to PMT and were to retain the Crosville name, however the name has since passed into history with the corporate First Group branding. North Western, Crosville Cymru and the Cheshire depots of Midland Red North are today under common management as Arriva North-West & Wales.
[edit] Reference books on Crosville Motor Services
- Anderson, R C; HISTORY OF CROSVILLE MOTOR SERVICES; David & Charles PLC; 2001; ISBN 0-7153-8088-5
- Banks, John; THE PRESTIGE SERIES - CROSVILLE; Venture Publications; 2001; ISBN 1-898432-39-2
- Carroll, John & Duncan Roberts; CROSVILLE MOTOR SERVICES : PART 1 - THE FIRST 40 YEARS; Venture Publications; 1995; ISBN 1-898432-12-0
- Crosland-Taylor, W J; CROSVILLE: THE SOWING AND THE HARVEST; Transport Publishing Company; 1987; ISBN 0-86317-136-2
- Crosland-Taylor, W J; CROSVILLE: STATE OWNED WITHOUT TEARS; Transport Publishing Company; 1987; ISBN 0-86317-139-7
- Maund, T B; CROSVILLE ON MERSEYSIDE; Transport Publishing; 1992; ISBN 0-86317-168-0
