West Midlands bus route 11 (Coventry)

11 (Coventry)
Overview
Operator	National Express Coventry
Vehicle	Optare Solo
Route
Start	Coventry, Pool Meadow Bus Station
Via	Coventry Station Cheylesmore Whitley Willenhall
End	Stonehouse Estate
Length	9 miles

West Midlands bus route 11 (Coventry) is a bus service in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands region of England.

All journeys are operated with support from Centro.

As the bird flies both ends of the route are only about 3 miles apart but the route goes around several housing estates and is actually almost 9 miles long.

History

2 April 2006 - Route came into existence, it replaced parts of previous routes C and A1. At first the service suffered from poor timekeeping because of insufficient running time.
23 July 2006 - Route was revised to serve Quadrant in City Centre, Coventry Station and Cheylesmore shops, the timetable was recast with an extra vehicle added to improve timekeeping, a peak time only extension to Rowley Drive Industrial Estate was withdrawn.
22 October 2006 - Route was revised to serve Dillotford Avenue in Cheylesmore.
27 April 2008 - Timetable amended, extra journey added on Saturdays.
September 2009 - Twenty-one new bus stops were erected along the route to phase out the hail and ride sections.

Route

Coventry, Pool Meadow Bus Station
Coventry, Broadgate
Coventry, Quadrant
Coventry Rail Station
Cheylesmore, Stoney Road
Cheylesmore, Shops
Cheylesmore, Ulverscroft Road
Cheylesmore, Dillotford Avenue
Cheylesmore, William Bristow Road
Whitley, Asda Supermarket
Whitley, Abbey Road
Willenhall, Police Station
Willenhall, Middle Ride
Willenhall, Yarningale Road
Stonehouse Estate, Stonehouse Lane.

N.B - Certain "against flow" journeys operate a direct route between Whitley, Asda and Stonehouse Estate (via London Road).

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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 37 Warwick Road 45 47 Pershore Road 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	9 140 141 192 Hagley Road 410 451

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)