Pool Meadow Bus Station

Pool Meadow
Location
Locale	Fairfax St, Coventry
Local authority	Coventry
Operation
Managed by	Network West Midlands
No. of stands	19
Operators	National Express Coventry, National Express Coaches, Travel de Courcey, Stagecoach in Warwickshire.
Travel centre	Yes
Rail connection	Coventry 1 km away

Pool Meadow Bus Station

Pool Meadow Bus Station is a bus station in the city of Coventry, England. It is managed by Network West Midlands. Local bus and national coach services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands. National Express West Midlands has its depot adjacent to the bus station.

The bus station opened in 1994, work having began on its construction in 1993, replacing simple rows of bus shelters - initially installed as a temporary measure in the early 1960s which eventually stood for thirty years.

The departures stands are lettered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and U. Stands A, B and C is allocated to long-distance coach services, which are mainly pre-booked. They are not included in the bus routes list below.

On 8 September 2008, electronic timetable displays came into service, located at entrances and most boarding stands. The bus station is located at the opposite side of city centre to Coventry railway station. It can be reached by a short walk or by a regular bus service.

Bus operator fees

Network West Midlands (Centro) charge a fee to bus companies every time they use the bus station, Stagecoach in Warwickshire believes the fee is too high and have as a result excluded their commercial bus routes from serving the bus station.

Millennium Place

From 9 June 2002 to 1 April 2006 the development of the nearby Millennium Place traffic-free public square which intersects the Fairfax Street/Hales Street/Trinity Street junction had effectively "cut off" access between the bus station and the rest of the City Centre and only a few bus routes served the bus station as a result, it became regarded as a white elephant and was threatened with closure. On 2 April 2006 a controversial bus only link road cutting across Millennium Place was opened allowing many bus routes to start using the bus station again and protect its future. National Express Coventry now have more routes than ever serving the bus station, the busy cross city routes 4, 21, and 36 did not serve the bus station prior to 9 June 2002.

Gallery

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  Pool Meadow Bus Station, Coventry

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  Pool Meadow Bus Station (the road in the foreground is an elevated section of the inner ring road)

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  A National Express Coventry bus travelling under the Whittle Arches on its way to the Pool Meadow Bus Station

Bus routes

Operator	Route	Stand	Destination	Via
National Express Coventry	4	K	University Hospital (Walsgrave)	Ball Hill, Poets Corner, Stoke Hill and Wyken
National Express Coventry	5	F	Arena Tesco (Longford)	Coundon, Radford, Holbrooks and Lythalls Lane
National Express Coventry	5	N	Tile Hill South	Earlsdon, Canley Station and Torrington Avenue
National Express Coventry	6	R	Tanyard Farm	Spon End, Tile Hill Lane and Tile Hill North
National Express Coventry	6	J	Little Heath	Harnall Lane East, Stoke Heath and Courthouse Green
National Express Coventry	6A	R	Tanyard Farm	Spon End, Tile Hill Lane, Tile Hill North and Broad Lane
National Express Coventry	6A	J	Victoria Farm	Harnall Lane East, Stoke Heath, Courthouse Green, Little Heath and Bell Green
National Express Coventry	7	F	Brownshill Green	Coundon and Allesley Village
National Express Coventry	7	T	Middlemarch Business Park	London Road
National Express Coventry	8	H	Walsgrave Triangle	Ball Hill, Ansty Road, Woodway Lane and Wigston Road
National Express Coventry	8A	H	Henley Green	Ball Hill, Ansty Road, Woodway Lane and Potters Green
National Express Coventry	9	H	University Hospital	Ball Hill and Ansty Road
National Express Coventry	9A	H	University Hospital	Ball Hill and Ansty Road
National Express Coventry	10	K	Bell Green	Ball Hill, Upper Stoke and Henley Green
A Line Travel	10	J	Bell Green	Ball Hill, Upper Stoke and Henley Green
National Express Coventry	10	Q	Eastern Green	Spon End, Whoberley and Upper Eastern Green
National Express Coventry	12	P	Leamington Spa	Earlsdon, University of Warwick and Kenilworth
National Express Coventry	16	L	University Hospital (Walsgrave)	Lower Stoke, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange, Binley and Clifford Park
National Express Coventry	16A	L	University Hospital (Walsgrave)	Hillfields, Bolingbroke Road, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange, Binley and Clifford Park
National Express Coventry	18	M	Tile Hill South	Spon End, Herald Avenue and Canley
National Express Coventry	18A	M	Tile Hill South	Kenilworth Road, Cannon Hill, Cannon Park and Canley
National Express Coventry	19	M	Westwood Business Park	Spon End, Herald Avenue and Canley
Central Connect	30	S	Lentons Lane	Stoney Stanton Road, Bell Green and Deedmore Road
Central Connect	41	T	Stonehouse Estate	London Road
National Express Coventry	42	F	Coundon	Alvis Retail Park, Poole Road and Scots Lane
Central Connect	47	T	Canley Gardens	Spon End, Herald Avenue and Cannon Park
WMSNT	49	T	Cannon Park Estate	Coventry Rail Station, Ulverscroft Road, Knoll Drive and Chapelfields
Stagecoach in Warwickshire	61	T	Mount Pleasant Estate	Ball Hill, Wyken Croft and Narbeth Way
Travel de Courcey	74	S	Nuneaton	University Hospital (Walsgrave), Ansty, Wolvey and Bramcote
Central Connect	82	E	Solihull Rail Station	Holyhead Road, Allesley Village, Millisons Wood, Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden and Catherine-de-Barnes
Travel de Courcey	85	G	University Hospital (Walsgrave)	Ball Hill and Ansty Road
Johnsons Excelbus	87	S	Berkswell Rail Station	Kenilworth Road, Cannon Park, Westwood Heath, Burton Green and Balsall Common
Johnsons Excelbus	539	Q	Kenilworth	Baginton and Stoneleigh
Johnsons Excelbus	580	Q	Rugby	Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Marton and Dunchurch
Travel de Courcey	585	G	Rugby St Cross Hospital	Ball Hill, Ansty Road, University Hospital (Walsgrave), Brinklow, Harborough Magna & Rugby
A Line Travel	735	F	Ansley	Corley, Fillongley and Arley
Travel de Courcey	735	F	Nuneaton	Corley, Fillongley, Arley and Ansley
National Express West Midlands	900	E	Birmingham	Meriden, Birmingham International Airport and Yardley
Travel de Courcey	X6	D	Leicester	University Hospital, Three Pots (Hinckley) & Fosse Park