MaxB wrote

Although the word Request has been retained, Compulsory melted away
some years ago, so I have used Red and White instead!

Walking along Widmore Road in Bromley today I noticed (how sad am I)
that I was passing a White bus stop, although the one on the other
side was Red. How common is this and why would it be done on what is
a
fairly ordinary residential/A Road?
I also noticed that the White stop was the second one in a row I had
passed. I thought, outside central London at least, they were at
least
alternated? Are there any rules about what colour is chosen?

The answer is "it depends" nor is there always a stop "on the other
side".

I assume that Richmond isn't central London, yet there is a sequence of
three White stops, all well patronised.

I also know of routes that have, say, five stops going one way and six
the other thus destroying your suggested alternation.

--
Mike D