Peter Lawrence:
the TfL website ... states, in describing the types of bus stop
'Compulsory Buses will automatically stop, unless they are full,
except Night Buses -' but this is subtly under a 'boarding' heading.
...
I wonder if bus companies outside London use the same rules?

Do British bus companies outside London generally *have* the distinction
between request and compulsory stops? It doesn't exist on any bus system
in North America that I know about, and likewise for continental Europe.
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