Brader" wrote:

Do British bus companies outside London generally *have* the distinction
between request and compulsory stops?

I live in the countryside 30 miles from Glasgow. Basically, if there's no
one at the stop (and no one wants off there), the driver won't stop.

When getting off a bus, I can stop the bus right by my street, some 300m
from the stop. [The bus operator is Stagecoach Western]