Stagecoach in Coventry & Warwickshire

[Tony]

Longest stage carriage service (ie all stops). I think Peterborough to Norwich was limited stop?

Peterborough to Norwich is fully stage carriage

[ellspurs]

A-Line Travel ran the 585 from 1995 to 2002, when Travel de Courcey won the tender.

Midland Red South/Stagecoach ran it until 1994 (numbered 85 in 1990), then Wheels of Nuneaton gained the tender in 1994 (as 585) only to drop it after a few months.  Stagecoach took it back on emergency tender until a substantive contract was let the following year to A-Line.

A-Line's first bus service was the 539 Coventry - Stoneleigh - Kenilworth - Warwick, which was operated from 1994 to 1997.  Another notable service it ran was 777 Atherstone - Kingsbury - Coleshill - Birmingham Airport, which started in 1999 (Rural Bus Grant I think) but was lost on retender to Stagecoach in 2002.  There were many other bus services over the years.

When that Service 777 started up, it ran via Chelmsley Wood and it used to be 99p a journey. I caught that when going to work in Bedworth as it decreased the journey time by about an hour.

[ellspurs]

Peterborough to Norwich is fully stage carriage

I think they coined it (the 360) as the longest "urban" route. I remember the 11a/c being referred to as that when the 360 took the "crown".

[Justin Tyme]

I think they coined it (the 360) as the longest "urban" route. I remember the 11a/c being referred to as that when the 360 took the "crown".

Yes. If I remember correctly it ran entirely within the city of Coventry.  Not so much a circular as a multi-pointed star shape of a route.

[Coventrybususer95]

Yes. If I remember correctly it ran entirely within the city of Coventry.  Not so much a circular as a multi-pointed star shape of a route.

Route 360 operated via these primary locations:

• University Hospital Coventry
• Willenhall
• Jaguar Land Rover, Whitley
• University of Warwick
• Tile Hill station 
• Whoberley
• Whitmore Park
• Ricoh Arena
• Arena Park Shopping Centre

[Rachvince53]

Peterborough to Norwich is fully stage carriage

I think they coined it (the 360) as the longest "urban" route. I remember the 11a/c being referred to as that when the 360 took the "crown".

Okay, that clarifies it. I know it was claimed to be longer than the 11A/C. 

[Coventrybususer95]

Okay, that clarifies it. I know it was claimed to be longer than the 11A/C.

Not sure how long the 11A/C is but the 360 was 31 miles in total 

[Sandy Lane]

Just like the 11a and 11c, wasn't it the 360A and 360C?

[Zeddan]

Just like the 11a and 11c, wasn't it the 360A and 360C?

It was indeed.

[Ingleboro261F]

Alot of stagecoaches KX60s have transferred out of rugby now, mostly to Leamington and Northampton 

[BBS]

Alot of stagecoaches KX60s have transferred out of rugby now, mostly to Leamington and Northampton

Replaced by Yutong 

[joseph88]

73044 YK74 PLJ is the first Yutong E12 bus in Solihull the bus is doing run E097 just seen it.

[jc]

73044 YK74 PLJ is the first Yutong E12 bus in Solihull the bus is doing run E097 just seen it.

73028 allocated to the same board today, although it could change by that time as it lingers in depot as spare after it's done a drivers shuttle

[Stu]

Stagecoach Midlands begins expansion of electric bus fleet to 92
Once complete, shift will mean that 45% of operator's Warwickshire fleet will be zero-emission

https://www.route-one.net/news/stagecoach-midlands-begins-expansion-of-electric-bus-fleet-to-92/

[Solo1]

When will the next batch of new buses be delivered