52°24′37″N 1°30′25″W / 52.410365°N 1.506999°W / 52.410365; -1.506999 National Express Coventry has its depot adjacent to the bus station.

It can be reached by a short walk or by a regular bus service.

A bus station has occupied the site since 1931 but the present building opened in 1994, work having begun on its construction in 1993.

It replaced simple rows of bus shelters - initially installed as a temporary measure in the early 1960s which eventually stood for thirty years.

From 9 June 2002 to 1 April 2006 the development of the nearby Millennium Place traffic-free public square which intersects the Fairfax Street/Hales Street/Trinity Street junction had effectively "cut off" access between the bus station and the rest of the City Centre and only a few bus routes served the bus station as a result, it became regarded as a white elephant and was threatened with closure.