On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:30:05 -0000, unrealpolitik@gmail.com wrote:

I suspect it really is random. A better system is the one used in
Germany, where a group of stops near one another will always share the
same name, usually based on a nearby landmark. The Dutch system of
the stop being named after the nearest road crossing the one the bus
is on is even more stupid as it results in stops with the same name a
long way from one another, but stops where a connection can be made
being named differently.

When you see stops named things like "High St, o/s Somewhere School,
400m from Other Place" which are common in places outside London you
can't help but think they are missing the point.

Neil