Monday to Thursday: every 6 minutes
Friday: every 6 minutes
Peak Period: every 6 minutes
Evenings: every 8 minutes
Saturday: every 6 minutes
Sunday: every 6 minutes (reduced service before 2.30 pm)
There were additional special services between Broadgate and Keresley Hospital: five on Monday to Friday, four on Saturday and one on Sunday.
From Broadgate via Ironmonger Row, The Burges, Bishop Street, Radford Road, Keresley Road, Keresley Green Road, Bennett's Road, Exhall Road and Beaumont Road, terminating at the junction of Somers Road with Charity Road. Probable terminus details from road layout:
Service 16A terminated at the Shepherd and Shepherdess. Probable terminus details from road layout:
A special service ran beyond the Shepherd and Shepherdess along Tamworth Road to Keresley Hospital four times per day. Known terminus details from the recollection of former CCT employees:
From Broadgate via Hertford Street, Warwick Road, Kenilworth Road, Kenpas Highway and Green Lane, to the terminus at Droylesdon Park Road. ; Probable terminus details from road layout:
On Monday to Friday between 10.00 am and 3.30 pm and on Sunday between 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm the service ran in a double zig-zag pattern:
(a) Green Lane - Shepherd and Shepherdess - Broadgate - Keresley Village - Green Lane
(b) Green Lane - Shepherd and Shepherdess - Broadgate - Shepherd and Shepherdess - Green Lane
The result was that, during those hours, all services from Keresley village ran directly through to Green Lane, but no services from Green Lane ran directly to Keresley village. Outside of those hours there were some direct through services in both directions. During those hours, alternate services from Keresley ran through to Green Lane and every fourth service to Keresley ran through to Keresley Village.
In peak hours and on Saturdays, all services from Keresley ran through to Green Lane and alternate services to Keresley ran through to Keresley village. In the evenings, alternate services from Keresley ran through to Green Lane and every third service to Keresley ran through to Keresley village.
Crossway Road, Wainbody Avenue, Beechwood Avenue, Railway Bridges, Broadgate, Dark Lane, Three Spires Avenue, Shepherd and Shepherdess, Sandpits Lane, Fivefield Road and junction of Bennett's Road with Exhall Road. ;
N.B. There were no intermediate fare stages between the Shepherd and Shepherdess and Keresley Hospital but the journey was charged as two Fare Stages.
Crossway Road, Gretna Road, Wainbody Avenue, Stoneleigh Avenue, Earlsdon Avenue, The Grove, Railway Bridges, Broadgate, King Street, Lydgate Road, Engleton Road, Brownshill Green Road, Shepherd and Shepherdess, Lowe Road, Penny Park Lane, Fivefield Road, Coventry Colliery and junction of Bennett's Road with Exhall Road.
N.B. There were no intermediate fare stages between the Shepherd and Shepherdess and Keresley Hospital but the journey was charged as three Fare Stages.
Service 6 introduced as a new service between the Shepherd and Shepherdess (at Keresley) and Walsgrave, via Keresley Road, Radford Road, Engleton Road, Moseley Avenue, Holyhead Road, Queen Victoria Road, Stoneleigh Terrace, St Patrick's Road, Parkside, Gulson Road, Gosford Green, Walsgrave Road and Ansty Road.
Extended beyond the Shepherd and Shepherdess to Keresley village via Keresley Green Road and Bennetts Road, presumably turning at the Hare and Hounds.
Service 7 introduced as a new service from Allesley (Windmill Hill) to Green Lane (junction of Wainbody Avenue) via Allesley Old Road, The Butts, Queens Road, Kenilworth Road and Coat of Arms Bridge Road.
Service 7 terminated at Greyfriars Green, with Service 2 extended past Coventry Railway Station via Warwick Road (instead of Eaton Road), Kenilworth Road and Coat of Arms Bridge Road to Green Lane, replacing the southern arm of Service 7.
Service 2 extended along Wainbody Avenue to the Kenpas Highway, left along Kenpas Highway and then down Green Lane to Coat of Arms Bridge Road and back to the Kenilworth Road to return to the City.
Service 6 was split into two services, both numbered 6. ; The Keresley arm ran from Pool Meadow and reached Radford Road via Jesson Street and Leicester Street. ; The Walsgrave arm also ran from Pool Meadow and reached Walsgrave Road via Ford Street, Raglan Street, East Street and Paynes Lane. ; The original section from Radford Road to Gosford Green was incorporated in the new Inner Circle route (Service 14).
Western leg re-routed to Radford Road via Hales Street, Bishop Street and St Nicholas Street
Service16 created by renumbering the Western leg of Service 6. ; Service ran from Pool Meadow to Keresley village via Hales Street, Bishop Street, St Nicholas Street, Radford Road, Keresley Road, Keresley Green Road and Bennetts Road, presumably turning at the Hare and Hounds.
Service 2 withdrawn and replaced by a new extension to Service 16 southward to Green Lane from Bishop Street via The Burges/Cross Cheaping, Broadgate, Hertford Street, Warwick Road, Kenilworth Road, Kenpass Highway and Green Lane, terminating at the junction with Crossway Road and omitting Pool Meadow.
Some daytime services to Keresley diverted via Sandpits Lane to Keresley Hospital.
Service to Keresley Hospital diverted back to Keresley Village. Services established from Broadgate to Keresley Hospital proceeding directly from the Shepherd and Shepherdess via Tamworth Road.
Extended about one mile into Keresley village, via Exhall Road and Beaumont Road to Charity Road. ; The Green Lane terminus was moved further along Green Lane to Droylesdon Park Road.
Northbound services diverted from The Burges via Hales Street and Trinity Street by new one-way system.
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