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]