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Old January 29th 12, 09:15 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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On 29/01/2012 09:40, MatSav wrote:
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Here in London, some of the information boxes at bus stops have
a button that you can press in order to light them up, which
will allow a better view. But all busses have to be manually
flagged...


Only at those points which are a "Bus Stop (Request)", or on a
"Hail and Ride" section of a route.

There are also boarding and alighting points which are "Bus Stop
(Compulsory)". All in-service stage buses on routes that serve
that point must stop there, regardless of whether they have been
flagged [down], or requested to stop by passengers on board.

In practice, however, people don't realise the difference - and
flag down the bus anyway.

Yes, you are correct.