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 ^[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.

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Bus routes

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