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University of Warwick

Coventry

Number 12 Bus

Hey guys, i'm meant to be travelling to Kenilworth tomorrow and i'm not entirely sure how to get there. I think it's the number 12 bus, is that right? And where in Kenilworth does it stop (like what road)?

Thanks in advance

Reply 1

Rex Regis

I think 16?

University of Warwick

Coventry

Reply 2

estel

The buses through kenilworth stop at various points, but the Clock tower is the main stop. I'm not sure which number is best though :s

Reply 3

snail_87

Thanks guys. Found a site telling me what stop to get off now, thanks anyway!

Reply 4

Quinion

At the risk of stating the obvious, make sure you do get on a #12 bound for Leamington, not Coventry. I'm sure more than one person has made that mistake before!

Reply 5

JohnnySPal

Quinion

At the risk of stating the obvious, make sure you do get on a #12 bound for Leamington, not Coventry. I'm sure more than one person has made that mistake before!

I did that once in my third year (well, except I lived n Cov). We saw a bus, legged it from the maths building and the silly **** who got there first *ahem*notmeATALL*ahem* forgot to check the display.

Reply 6

Alasdair

Also make sure it's a 12, not a U1 you get on - the U1 goes past Kenilworth on the Bypass. I've made that mistake a couple of times trying to get from Leamington to Kenilworth (and I've lived here for nearly ten years!)

Reply 7

calcium878

Don't only some of the 12s go via Kenilworth (ie some go direct to Leam)?

Reply 8

Alasdair

calcium878

Don't only some of the 12s go via Kenilworth (ie some go direct to Leam)?

Actually, now I think about it, you're right, not all 12s go via Kenilworth either. Does the X17 still go to Campus? Or did they rename the whole line U1/U2?

Reply 9

estel

I think the X17 still touches on campus :s

Reply 10

Sparkling_Jules

According to the online timetable all 12s to Leamington go through Kenilworth. I thought it was the U1 that went two different ways to Lem.

Reply 11

Alasdair

Sparkling_Jules

According to the online timetable all 12s to Leamington go through Kenilworth. I thought it was the U1 that went two different ways to Lem.

The U1 definitely goes two different ways. The question is whether the 12 does. And it looks like not...

Reply 12

happydinosaur

The 12 always goes through Kenilworth.

The Unibus only goes through Kenilworth on Sundays (it did used to go through Kenilworth for some journeys everyday when I was in first year..they changed it last year)

X17 goes through Kenilworth but not campus. It is only a short walk from Kenilworth Rd up to Gibbet Hill and then main campus though should a stagecoach bus pass holder ever fancy taking that route. Handy for getting to Cov from campus with a bus pass seeing as the 16 only comes once an hour.

The 16 goes to Coventry from campus and is a stagecoach bus so you can use a pass with it. Its only once an hour though and does not go to Leamington, only to Warwick meaning the X17 is the better way to get from campus to Cov without finding the change for a 12 if you have a stagecoach pass.

I know far too much about buses in far too much detail...

geek

happydinosaur

The 12 always goes through Kenilworth.

No it doesn't. I waited at the stop in Tile Hill the other day for 40 minutes waiting for a number 12 bus that went through kenilworth. I asked 3 buses and they said no they didn't.

Reply 15

Sparkling_Jules

snail_87

No it doesn't. I waited at the stop in Tile Hill the other day for 40 minutes waiting for a number 12 bus that went through kenilworth. I asked 3 buses and they said no they didn't.

Maybe that should be amended to 'all 12s going to Leamington go through Kenilworth' then.

Reply 16

happydinosaur

snail_87

No it doesn't. I waited at the stop in Tile Hill the other day for 40 minutes waiting for a number 12 bus that went through kenilworth. I asked 3 buses and they said no they didn't.

A number 12 only going as far as the university wouldn't go through Kenilworth no but that seems quite simple so it didn't occur to me to factor in that buses which are terminating at the university won't go through Kenilworth.