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820 WB-PN
837; 839 CV-WN
2138; 2140 WN-PN

That's the two red-fronted E200's leaving Cov then.

4359 & 4421 also now withdrawn

First one in that CV B7TL batch 4415-24. I took a picture of 4421 on Saturday (6th) - my last one of it!

I did another google search and found some rather interesting info:

https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11798272 (a scraping of when the information was on Wikipedia)

The 19X ran via Charter Avenue.

These are from my own notes:
19 City (Pool Meadow) - Earlsdon - Tile Hill South (via Cannon Park Shops & Canley)
19W City (Pool Meadow) - Canley - Tile Hill South
19X City (Pool Meadow) - Canley - Tile Hill South/Westwood Business Park

81 City (Pool Meadow) - Berkswell Rail Station via Tile Hill South, Burton Green & Balsall Common
81E City (Pool Meadow) - Canley - Tile Hill South - Cannon Park (via Torrington Avenue & Westwood Heath)
81W City (Pool Meadow) - Canley - Tile Hill South - Westwood Business Park

I assume this is from the Coventry Guide and various timetable leaflets.

192/194 ran around every 60/70 minutes. There was generally 2 buses used but a journey time of 1hr Solihull - Coventry

Coventry departure would be 1405 1505 1615 1725.

Travel yourbus took over 192Y 194 around October 1994 using Dafs.

In June 1998 the 192Y 194Y was extended to Birmingham running hourly using 4 buses Leyland lynxs 1126 1128 1220 1278 drifted in EX Travel Merry Hill.

There was also a Varient 193Y serving Warwick University .

September 1999 would see the 192 194 Transferred yo TWM Acocks Green Garage running Coventry - Acocks Green hourly using Leyland Lynxs 3 buses.

Route 192 194 cut back to Solihull 2 buses running previous  60/70 minute frequency.

I Rode 192 194 many times Great route always single deck Lynxs then B10Ls. In the final years 2008 2009 was operated by Volvo Gemini.

Travel Coventry took over the service as 19W hourly January 2009. Not sure when it was given up.

I have a few notes for July 2010 and there was no 192/194 running in Cov then - just a shorter 19/19W/19X to Tile Hill South/Westwood Business Park and an 81 (plus a few variations) to Berkswell via Canley, Tile Hill South etc.

Does anyone have some info on the 192 and 194 bus route between Solihull and Coventry? What were their frequency?

I noticed that there's a google maps street view with bus stop stand near Olton Station showing 192 and 194 - was the route extended to Birmingham city centre at some point?

I took a few trips 'all the way' from Coventry [home] to Solihull in the 1990s - so should know really. It wasn't that frequent, was going to say hourly, but wasn't even that I think.

Is 4771 a full repaint (this one is already in the two-tone blue) or just a tidy-up etc.

I saw a 20 leaving Nuneaton this afternoon (around 1420) which looked like it has an issue with its display.

The "20 Coventry" was in little writing across the top row of the matrix display, kinda like the via writing on this vehicle.

That'll probably be 4770.

Yes, I've made an adjustment to your route description....

Pool Meadow, Fairfax Street, Cox Street, Jordan Well, Much Park Street, St Johns Street, Little Park Street, Martyrs Memorial, Ringway St Johns, London Road, Chace Avenue, Dunsmore Avenue, Stretton Avenue, Robin Hood Road, Remembrance Road, St James' Lane, Middle Ride (eastern segment), Yarningale Road, St James' Lane, London Road, Sunbury Road, Sunnybank Avenue, Sedgemoor Road, Stonehouse Lane, London Road, Ashington Grove, Abbey Road, The Avenue, Tonbridge Road, Riverside Close, London Road, Ringway St Johns, Martyrs Memorial, Little Park Street, Earl Street, Jordan Well, Cox Street, Fairfax Street, Pool Meadow Bus Station.

I suppose the right turn from Abbey Rd to London Rd being very dangerous is one reason Whitley estate was dropped from the outward route.

This service only runs 3 times a day (a minibus at that) Monday to Friday! But it serves a purpose I suppose.

[ellspurs]

Must confirm ellspurs is correct on the current 41 route as it was quietly changed again recently to run... From City along the London Rd to the big Willenhall loop Clockwise, then the ACW loop of Stonehouse, Whitley estate is then eventually served on the inbound leg, which frankly must be frustrating for potential elderly passengers around there who may wish to carry some shopping from Cov.

JPC, so the Whitley segment is only served inbound - I'd better amend my own notes! (the route from the Willenhall terminus to Middle Ride to London Rd, listed above, is right though)..

Thanjs @paulb1973..

So they have got it wrong currently on the Area Map... The timetable is corrrect though..

The Area Map has it as a right turn onto St James Lane upon leaving Remembrance Rd (outbound) - it should be left and most of the way round Middle Ride etc.

Hi @paulb1973 

What part of Middle Ride does it do? As currently it shows it going lef out of Yarningale Road and rigitr onto St James Lane.. but the timetable show it turning right out of Yarningale Road and left onto St James Lane.

Thanks in advance.

On its return to the city centre; up Remembrance Rd, left onto St James Lane, right onto Middle Ride (passing the chip shop) most of the way round Middle Ride, then left in Yarningale Rd and left again back onto St James Lane for the short distance to London Road.

Thanks @ellspurs

Do you know if it does London road between St James Lane and Chace Av back towards Cov or does it do the loop in both directions?

I know the web page that you've given above shows it operating along London Road but 'normally' the route would do the same route in both directions and not just in one direction..

Do you also know if the lopp at Cannon Park is done in both directions? Or is it a one way loop  I think it is a one way look but I cant remember if it is as it's been such a long time since I was last over...

I have this (my own notes) for service 41:

Pool Meadow, Fairfax Street, Cox Street, Jordan Well, Earl Street, Much Park Street, St Johns Street, Little Park Street, Martyrs Memorial, Ringway St Johns, London Road, Riverside Close, Tonbridge Road, The Avenue, Abbey Road, London Road, Chace Avenue, Dunsmore Avenue, Stretton Avenue, Robin Hood Road, Remembrance Road, St James'Lane, Middle Ride, Yarningale Road, St James'Lane, London Road, Sunbury Road, Sunnybank Avenue, Sedgemoor Road, Stonehouse Lane, London Road, Ashington Grove, Abbey Road, The Avenue, Tonbridge Road, Riverside Close, London Road, Ringway St Johns, Martyrs Memorial, Little Park Street, Earl Street, Jordan Well, Cox Street, Fairfax Street, Pool Meadow Bus Station.

So around Whitley (Tonbridge Rd area etc) inbound and outbound and once around Willenhall Wood/the Stonehouse estate.

Then when you actuall go onto the Foleshill Road the stop at Leicester Row says 57 & 57A  so I don't know which one to beleave!!!😁

That sounds like the completely separate Stagecoach service up the Foleshill Rd (nothing to do with the NXC schools 58/58A). In fact Stagecoach only run the 55/55A/56 run that way now (with the 48/X48).

Thanjs @ellspurs... The onky one that I could think of is the schools service 58 that comes down Foleshill road (according to Google maps)... which before people tell me is noymt a good transport map to use...9 times out of 10 it is correct, but as the 58 only runs Schooldays only I cant check the route.

Off the NXC website; the 58/58A is a Schools service running Four Pounds Ave/Allesley Park to West Coventry Academy, with one journey leaving Trinity St at 07.26 heading to the same school.

In the afternoons one service heads to town via Jubilee Crescent (Radford) and one just to Jubilee Crescent. I can't imagine much use of the Ring Road would be needed for these.

I am currently looking at the Coventry area map and as I don't live in this area. I was just wondering does anybody know are there any services that operate along the Ringway between Foleshill Road & London Road?

I need to know as soon as posible.

Thank you in advance

Bus Man K2

I see the old 22 September 2019 Coventry Map & Guide has that section coloured dark blue [the city wide larger map] suggesting it is used. But, off the top of my head I can't think of anything that uses that stretch of the Ring Road on a regular basis (but I could be wrong!).

Does the 735 School journey to Blue Coats School still run and does it use that eastern section of the Ring Road?

Historically there's never been great use of the Ring Road (bar the obvious Holyhead Rd to Upper Well St and New Union St/Little Park St to London Rd etc sections).