"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 at 17:28:28, MetroGnome
wrote:

Over the past few years, names have been added to bus stop flags, so that
they face *approaching* passengers - which is of considerably more use.
Some DLR stations on the Beckton line also have station nameboards that
face
approaching trains, for the benefit of passengers looking out of the
front
of the train.

And very useful they are, too. It would be even more useful if buses
would *stop* where they're supposed to. How many times have I been
carried past Lambeth Town Hall, especially on a 159. So I complain to
the conductor, who says "Did you ring the bell?"

But when I say "Why should I have to, it's a compulsory stop!" they just
look at me blankly as though they had never heard of such a concept!

At least the DLR stops automatically.....

The conductor is correct. The request/compulsory stop distinction only
applies to people getting on, if you want to get off you have to ring the
bell at any stop.

Peter Smyth