History
In 26 October 1986 West Midlands Travel Ltd came into existence, and stems from the 1986 deregulation of the bus industry in England and Wales. It was previously the bus operations of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) which had originally been the separate operations of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich and Coventry Corporations.
In April 1995 the company was purchased by the National Express Group and in September 1996 was re-branded to trade under the name Travel West Midlands.
On 9 December 2002 the Coventry depot attained a more local identity and began trading as Travel Coventry.
Travel Coventry was renamed as National Express Coventry from 4 February 2008.
Read more about this topic: National Express Coventry
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