North Western Road Car Company may refer to one of two bus operators running within the north west of England in different eras.
- North Western Road Car Company (1923), the original (1923-1974) company based in Stockport, England
- North Western Road Car Company (1986), the bus company based in Liverpool, England
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“By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!
Trees fall, the grass goes yellow with autumn.”
—Li Po (701–762)
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—June Jordan (b. 1939)
“The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.”
—L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
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—J.G. (James Graham)
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—Max Frisch (1911–1991)