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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. Coordinates: 52°24′37″N 1°30′25″W / 52.410365°N 1.506999°W 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.
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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 [1] 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 3 S University Hospital (Walsgrave) Stoke Green, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange and Binley National Express Coventry 3 F Prologis Park Lockhurst Lane and Holbrook Lane National Express Coventry 3A S University Hospital (Walsgrave) Stoke Green, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange and Binley National Express Coventry 3A F Arena Tesco (Longford) Lockhurst Lane and Holbrook Lane National Express Coventry 4 S University Hospital (Walsgrave) Lower Stoke, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange and Binley National Express Coventry 4 F Arena Tesco (Longford) Lockhurst Lane and Holbrook Lane National Express Coventry 4A S University Hospital (Walsgrave) Lower Stoke, Stoke Green, Stoke Aldermoor, Ernesford Grange and Binley National Express Coventry 4A F Arena Tesco (Longford) Lockhurst Lane and Holbrook Lane National Express Coventry 5 F Arena Tesco (Longford) Coundon, Radford, Holbrooks and Lythalls Lane National Express Coventry 7 F Brownshill Green Coundon and Allesley Village National Express Coventry 10 J 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 R Eastern Green Spon End and Whoberley National Express Coventry 11 U Stonehouse Lane Coventry Rail Station, Cheylesmore, Whitley and Willenhall National Express Coventry 12 N Leamington Spa (and Sydenham) Earlsdon, University of Warwick and Kenilworth National Express Coventry 19 Q Tile Hill South Earlsdon, Canley Station, Cannon Park and Canley National Express Coventry 19W Q Tile Hill South Hearsall Common and Westwood Business Park National Express Coventry 19X Q Tile Hill South Hearsall Common and Charter Avenue National Express Coventry 21 K Wood End Stoney Stanton Road and Bell Green National Express Coventry 21 M Willenhall Whitley National Express Coventry 21C K Wood End Stoney Stanton Road and Bell Green National Express Coventry 21C M Willenhall Cheylesmore and Whitley National Express Coventry 21W M Middlemarch Business Park Whitley and Toll Bar End National Express Coventry 23 R Allesley Park Four Pounds Avenue National Express Coventry 23C R Broad Lane Four Pounds Avenue and Allesley Park National Express Coventry 27 T University Hospital (Walsgrave) Ball Hill and Stoke Hill National Express Coventry 31 G Woodway Park Ball Hill and Walsgrave Business Park National Express Coventry 32 H Potters Green Ball Hill National Express Coventry 32C H Bell Green Ball Hill and Potters Green National Express Coventry 33 H Bell Green Ball Hill National Express Coventry 34 U University Hospital (Walsgrave) Binley Road and Clifford Park National Express Coventry 34 P Tile Hill South Hearsall Common, Broad Lane, Tile Hill North and Eastern Green National Express Coventry 36 G Keresley Village Keresley Road National Express Coventry 36 L Little Heath Stoke Heath Stagecoach in Warwickshire 54 N Finham Stivichall and Green Lane Travel de Courcey 74 E Nuneaton University Hospital (Walsgrave), Ansty, Wolvey and Bramcote National Express Coventry 75 F Brownshill Green Coundon and Allesley Village National Express Coventry 81 P Balsall Common Hearsall Common, Torrington Avenue and Burton Green National Express Coventry 81E P Cannon Park Estate Hearsall Common, Torrington Avenue and Westwood Heath National Express Coventry 81W P Westwood Business Park Hearsall Common, Torrington Avenue and Westwood Heath Central Connect 82 E Solihull Rail Station Parkhill Drive, Meriden and Hampton-in-Arden Travel de Courcey 85 S University Hospital (Walsgrave) Walsgrave Road and Ansty Road Johnsons Excelbus 539 L Kenilworth Baginton and Stoneleigh Johnsons Excelbus 580 U Rugby Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Marton and Dunchurch Travel de Courcey 585 S Rugby St Cross Hospital 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 References
Bus routes in the West Midlands Birmingham and Solihull 5 6 31 X20 Stratford Road • 7 • 8A 8C Inner Circle • 9 140 141 192 Hagley Road • 11A 11C Outer Circle • 28 28A 28B • Line 33 • 50 • 51 X51 Walsall Road • 58 60 900 957 Coventry Road • 61 62 63 Bristol Road • 82 • 82 87 89 Dudley Road • 144 • 451 • 'Sutton Lines'
Coventry 1 • 2 • 11 • 19 19W 19X • 21 21C 21W • 27 • 42 • 81 81E 81W • 82 • 801 • 900 • X17 • PRN PRS Park and Ride • U1 U2 U12 U17 Unibus •
Sandwell & Dudley Walsall 1 2 5 • 19 • 22 • 51 X51 Walsall Road • 77 • 332 549 • 369 370 370A • 404 • 529
Wolverhampton 79 126 529
Bus Stations Bearwood • Bilston • Halesowen • Coventry (Pool Meadow) • Cradley Heath • Digbeth (Birmingham National Express) • Dudley • Merry Hill • Walsall (St Pauls) • Wednesbury • West Bromwich • Wolverhampton (Pipers Row)
Categories:- Transport in Coventry
- Bus stations in the West Midlands (county)
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