17.19 Bus gates restrict entry to one end of a street to buses only. Beyond the gate, other vehicles may be encountered. The entrance to a bus gate should be marked in the same manner as a bus-only street.
BUS STOPS
17.20 The marking to diagram 1025.1 delineates the limits of a bus stop on the main carriageway (see figure 17-3), diagram 1025.3 a bus stop occupying part of a lay-by (see figure 17-4) and 1025.4 a bus stop occupying the whole of a lay-by (see figure 17-5). The yellow prohibition of stopping line in the marking prevents vehicles from stopping for at least part of the day, but must be used in conjunction with signs to diagram 974 or 975. The prohibition can be extended to 24 hours if appropriate by omitting the times from the sign. The line should be 200 mm wide where the speed limit is 60 mph or less, and 300 mm where it is 70 mph. In Northern Ireland, the Roads (Restriction of Waiting) Order (Northern Ireland) 1982 prohibits waiting at any time over the length of these markings. This would be effective (in Northern Ireland only) at times when the prohibition of stopping did not apply.
17.21 Both the worded marking and the broken line delineating the stopping area must be coloured yellow (except in Northern Ireland where it may be white). Only one size of marking is prescribed for a bus stop on the main carriageway. When the bus stop is in a lay-by (see figures 17-4 and 17-5), the width of the edge line should be 100 mm when the speed limit is 40 mph or less, 150 mm when it is 50 mph or 60 mph, and 200 mm when it is 70 mph. If the bus stop occupies only part of a lay-by (see figure 17-4), the broken edge line within the length of the bus stop would be coloured yellow, whilst that beyond it would be white.
17.22 Where the stop serves frequent or multiple services, or vehicles with different entrance positions, the length of the bay may be increased in increments of 2 m. The legend BUS STOP should be used once for every complete length of 12 m. Under-used stops of excessive length may result in enforcement difficulties.
17.23 The Regulations prescribe the alternative wording BUS STAND for use where buses are expected to wait longer than the period necessary to pick up or set down passengers (see Schedule 19 Part I).
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