On 01/05/2004 21:52, in article , "Mark
Brader" wrote:

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

Birmingham certainly used to have that distinction, but since I no longer
live in the city I can't check right now. Ian Jelf might be able to tell us
if he's around ?.

"Bob Watt" wrote in message
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On 01/05/2004 21:52, in article , "Mark
Brader" wrote:

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

Birmingham certainly used to have that distinction, but since I no longer
live in the city I can't check right now. Ian Jelf might be able to tell
us
if he's around ?.

Back in the 1950s the East Kent had compulsory and request stops. If you
rang the bell before a compulsory stop, the driver was liable to take it as
a "Don't Stop" signal and carry on past. One of the few occasions when a
fusilade of bells was needed to correct the error by the passenger.

On the other hand, I don't think that Red & White or Bristol Tramways had
any compulsory stops.
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In article , (Bob Watt) wrote:

On 01/05/2004 21:52, in article , "Mark
Brader" wrote:

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

Birmingham certainly used to have that distinction, but since I no
longer live in the city I can't check right now. Ian Jelf might be able
to tell us if he's around ?.

I can't say I remember then from over 30 years ago when my brother was a
student in Brum.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Birmingham certainly used to have that distinction, but since I no longer
live in the city I can't check right now. Ian Jelf might be able to tell us
if he's around ?.

The only stops which seem to be compulsory in Brum are (a) termini and
(b) bus stations. Everywhere else (yes, even things like the stop
right in the middle of King's Heath where half the people want to get
off, another 30 people want to board and there's a hell of a lot of
slack in the timetable anyway) gets by-passed from time to time.

In message , Bob Watt
writes
On 01/05/2004 21:52, in article , "Mark
Brader" wrote:

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

Birmingham certainly used to have that distinction, but since I no longer
live in the city I can't check right now. Ian Jelf might be able to tell us
if he's around ?.
He's just back as it happens.............

All Birmingham stops are now "by request", other than at termini
(obviously).

In PTE days (that's to say the PTE as an operator), timetables even used
to include an occasional exhortation that all stops are by request"
before asking passengers to "give a clear signal" to the driver.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

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]