In message , at 09:37:10 on Tue, 29 Aug
2017, Roland Perry remarked:
Was the stop occupied by other bus(es), so (s) he didn't have room to stop there and so had to go round? That happens at Redhill sometimes.

Is there a general policy on this? ie if a bus stop / stand is full
are buses meant to find somewhere else to park (or do a loop in
motion) or is it ok to queue whilst parking illegally?

It's OK as long as there isn't a "No stopping" restriction. Bearing in
mind that there is also such a thing as "No Stopping - Except Buses".

And, as if by magic, I saw a couple of roads today which were signed
(and red-lined) as "Red Route - No stopping except buses".
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Roland Perry