West Midlands bus route 360

360
Overview
Operator	Travel de Courcey
Predecessors	701 & 801
Route
Start	University Hospital Coventry
Via	Willenhall Whitely University of Warwick Whoberley Whitmore Park Ricoh Arena
End	Arena Park Shopping Centre
Length	31 miles
Service
Frequency	30 minutes

West Midlands bus route 360 is a 31-mile route that circumnavigates Coventry. Operated by Travel de Courcey, it is the longest urban bus route in Europe.^[1][2][3]

History

Route 360 commenced operating on 9 June 2013 replacing routes 701 and 801.^[4] It operates in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions as routes 360C and 360A.^[5]

It will cease on 23 July 2016, and be replaced by three routes:^[6][7][8]

• 43: University of Warwick to Eastern Green
• 60: University of Warwick to Arena Park Shopping Centre via Coventry & Warwickshire University Hospital
• 61: Allesley Park to Arena Park Shopping Centre

Route

Route 360 operates via these primary locations:^[9]

• University Hospital Coventry
• Willenhall
• Jaguar Land Rover, Whitley
• University of Warwick
• Tile Hill station
• Whoberley
• Whitmore Park
• Ricoh Arena
• Arena Park Shopping Centre

References

1. Coventry bus route is longest in Europe at 31 miles BBC News 4 June 2013
2. New Coventry bus route the longest in Europe Coventry Telegraph 4 June 2013
3. Record breaking bus route launched Nuneaton News 13 June 2013
4. New Coventry 360 Circle Bus Route Network West Midlands
5. Riding 31 miles in Coventry on Europe's longest bus route BBC News 11 June 2013
6. Lack of patronage leads to restructure of Europe's longest bus route Route One 21 April 2016
7. Major Coventry bus route to be axed because not enough people use it Coventry Telegraph 21 April 2016
8. City's popular 360 bus service scrapped to make way for three separate services Coventry Observer 21 April 2016
9. Route 360 timetable Network West Midlands

External links

• Google map