On 14 Dec 2005 20:14:05 -0800, Henry
wrote in .com:
I've not seen these mentioned here yet, so:

They're solar-powered. They glow in the dark. They have a cool blue
button that makes the backlight for the paper timetables glow a bit
brighter.

"Thousands of solar powered bus stops that light up automatically at
dusk are set to transform the gloomy experience of waiting for a bus
at night in the UK's capital."...
(http://optics.org/articles/news/11/9/19)

Everything I could possibly want from a bus stop, apart from a shelter
that actually keeps the wind and rain off. And an actual bus, of
course.

There are several on the 222 route, if anyone's particularly keen to
try one out...

I noticed a blue light on the one at the Philpott's Bridge stop
as I walked past last night and thought, "Funny, I've not seen that
before." There was a lone woman waiting for the bus so I decided against
stopping to investigate just then.

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