National Express Coventry route 42

42
West Midlands Transport
Management
Operator	National Express Coventry
Garage	Coventry, Wheatley Street
Vehicle	Optare Solo or Volvo B6LE/Wright Crusader
PVR †	2
Route
Start	Coundon
Via	Coventry City Centre; Wainbody Avenue; Canley Gardens
End	Cannon Park (Shopping Centre)
Length	About 11 miles
Service
Level	Mon-Sat daytime
Frequency	every 60 minutes
Journey time	59 minutes
Day	09:30-15:30 Mon-Sat; No Sunday service
Night	No night service
† peak vehicle requirement;

National Express Coventry Route 42 is a bus service in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands region of England.

The City Centre - Cannon Park section of the route is operated with support from Centro.

History[]

Prior to 4 April 2004 - Route 42 (which came into existence c.1992) operated between City Centre and Cannon Park only. Another route numbered 49 (which came into existence c.1989) operated between Coundon and Coventry Rail Station via Coventry City Centre.
From 4 April 2004 - Routes 42 and 49 were merged into one route numbered 42, this alleviated the duplication where both routes overlapped between Coventry City Centre and Coventry Rail Station. The time saved here was used to add running time and improve reliability for the route between City Centre and Cannon Park.