Coventry bus Changes on the 9 June

[JoNi]

The 27 reappears in its old guise having been replaced in 1985 by the 1.
It will apparently turn round at the roundabout before the Toll Bar island.

Revised services 2 and 3 provide reduced 10 minute service to Cheylesmore, which will hopefully perform more reliably than the 2,3/A.
Overall the revised 2, 3, 23 and 27 seems to require one less bus due to this frequency reduction.

[paulb1973]

The 27 reappears in its old guise having been replaced in 1985 by the 1.
It will apparently turn round at the roundabout before the Toll Bar island.

Revised services 2 and 3 provide reduced 10 minute service to Cheylesmore, which will hopefully perform more reliably than the 2,3/A.
Overall the revised 2, 3, 23 and 27 seems to require one less bus due to this frequency reduction.

Oh, there is a fairly new bus shelter more-or-less on the roundabout, which the 27 presumably won't be using then. I recall the old service 27 - operated with the 37/47 and the rarely seen 57 which terminated at the Stonebridge Industrial Estate on Rowley Drive. If must have been 1985 when the 1 was cross-linked to Toll Bar End and the Stoke Heath segment was ditched.

[Stu]

I know very little about Coventry bus services. I would like to visit the Maudslay hotel on the Allesley old road on a weekday evening but I was told I needed to catch a 10 or a 23a :-\ Bus...
(No idea where from)...But when I checked these No's the 23 appeared to be a school bus and the 10 only runs every 30 mins in the evenings.  can I get there from the rail station?  either direct or via pool meadow?

Looks like from Pool Meadow bus station, the 10 to Eastern Green is the only bus that goes there.

You can always plan your journey at the Network West Midlands website:
http://jp.networkwestmidlands.com/centro/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en

[bwsau cymru]

is the 4 busy on match/event days at ricoh? I just thought that taking the bendys off the 27 and coming up with the 4 was so that the bendys went to the ricoh during the olypics. the route does seem to be a little quiet

[JoNi]

The Bendys were put on the 4 as there was nowhere else to put them.
Timetables were published at the time of the Coventry Network Review with headers claiming the 12 was going to run from University Hospital to Warwick University presumably using both the old now scrapped Bendys and the ones that are still in use in Coventry. This plan came to nought.

At recent Your Passenger Transport Matters events one of the managers stated the Bendys are expected to remain in Coventry for another five to six years.
They are not used on Sundays so that non Bendy trained drivers can be used at short notice.

[bwsau cymru]

The Bendys were put on the 4 as there was nowhere else to put them.
Timetables were published at the time of the Coventry Network Review with headers claiming the 12 was going to run from University Hospital to Warwick University presumably using both the old now scrapped Bendys and the ones that are still in use in Coventry. This plan came to nought.

At recent Your Passenger Transport Matters events one of the managers stated the Bendys are expected to remain in Coventry for another five to six years.
They are not used on Sundays so that non Bendy trained drivers can be used at short notice.

that's good that they are staying. I think they are a much miss understood vehicle that has been alienated by borris (the only think I don't like about him). I honestly would love nx to buy a load of them would be brilliant for quite a few routes.

[6013]

Service 4 are bit busy but between City Centre to University Hospital 4 are most busy than city centre and Arena Park.
6001-6011 been scrapped because they are fuel Guezz!! Service 21 are more busy than 4! Service 11/12 are very busy than 21 because they operate on Double Decker.


.... And I heard some cov drivers still going up training for driving the bendibuses. I saw 5 drivers cov been complete training then can use on 4 and 21 use bendi.

- Look quite a lots Asian drivers on the 11/12 route than other route.

[Gareth]

- Look quite a lots Asian drivers on the 11/12 route than other route.

Totally irrelevant to anything

[6013]

Major changes to routes 2 & 3 & new route 23:
We are making significant changes to the frequency and route of these services as a result of customer feedback.

Route 2 from Allesley Park to the City Centre will be renumbered as new route 23 and will now terminate at Pool Meadow Bus Station. The frequency of buses will remain the same.
Routes 2 & 3 between Cheylesmore and the City Centre will combine to provide a bus every 10 minutes Monday-Saturday, with a bus every 20 minutes on each route.
Both routes will join together (as a circular service) at Cheylesmore which will enable customers to make through journeys to access Baginton Road Shops.
As a result, Knoll Drive, Postbridge Road and Dawlish Road will no longer be served but nearby Baginton Road and The Chesils will have a more frequent service on both sides of the road.

Major changes to routes 3A & 7 & new routes 27 & 27A:
We are making significant changes to the frequency and route of these services as a result of customer feedback to improve reliability.

Route 3A will be withdrawn and replaced with new route 27.
Route 7 between Middlemarch Business Park and the City Centre will be renumbered as new route 27A.
New route 27 will operate from the City Centre to Toll Bar End via London Road, Whitley and Willenhall every 60 minutes Monday-Saturday daytimes.
At off-peak times the 27 will offer a quicker journey to Toll Bar End for Middlemarch Business Park.
New route 27A will operate from Pool Meadow Bus Station to Middlemarch Business Park via London Road every 30 minutes Monday-Friday peak times.

[JoNi]

Centro have started putting up new bus stop flags. Quinton Road has new flags with no 3A. Their van was seen in Holyhead Road this morning installing a new flag. Haven't seen any with De Courceys outer circle 360 yet.

[JPC]

The Black Prince Avenue lay-by stop flag now displays routes 2, 3 and 360A.  :D

Centro have started putting up new bus stop flags. Quinton Road has new flags with no 3A. Their van was seen in Holyhead Road this morning installing a new flag. Haven't seen any with De Courceys outer circle 360 yet.

[JoNi]

Thanks JPC.

Looked round Whitley this evening.

New London Road/Tonbridge Road outbound stop has 380A on it, while new London Road/Abbey Road outbound stop has 360C (wrong direction) on it despite having the correct towards Willenhall shown!

[JPC]

Well this is worth a look just for it's comic value...

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/residents-petition-leads-new-allesley-4019540

[Valandil]

As well as being very badly written, some of that article is just plain wrong!
What is going on with the photo at the top?

If those really are direct quotes from the councillor, then that is quite worrying too.

[Dylan4579]

Plaxton centro, Centro? This reporter has clearly typed 'centro bus' in google and does'nt have a clue about buses

As well as being very badly written, some of that article is just plain wrong!
What is going on with the photo at the top?

If those really are direct quotes from the councillor, then that is quite worrying too.