Bus stops in Surrey are quite good. They are looked after by Surrey County Council and
a typical set-up is a flag with - from top to bottom - bus logo (and in Woking
an orange band where the 'Woking Travelwide' product is valid), the name of the stop, location(s) buses head towards, and a list of the route number(s) served by it. Where buses also stop on the other side of the road when travelling in the other direction but there is no flag/post, the
'towards...' section is replaced by a
bright yellow section indicating "Buses also stop opposite".
The timetable case will traditionally
have a full route timetable (and if it's only one route, the remaining space will usually have some sort of council publicity, be it
bus ticketing or other council functions). More frequent routes are increasingly receiving
more brief variations though, but still listing each departure and approximate journey time (although in peaks the journey time can be quite a bit more on routes like Arriva 34/35).
Where a bus stop is out of use for roadworks etc, they are also pretty good at
labelling them up accordingly.
In the interests of fairness, not all bus stops have been treated in this way. Some lesser frequent routes do still have
the older and much simpler set-up, although I think there is usually (but not always) still a timetable case.
(Bits in bold above are links to photographic examples on Flickr, taken by a local enthusiast who has documented the changing scene well over the years which is great for reference times like this!)
Across the border in Hampshire, bus stops are largely the responsibility of the operator and quality is often somewhat lacking in places. Good for the enthusiast though, as you get
"classics" like this! Another example of Stagecoach stripes still survives on what was a 30min frequency pre-Covid, however all other stops along the road either side of it received red Stagecoach beachball ones which makes me wonder if whoever was doing them wanted to leave it be for posterity as it had survived well in the shade under a tree. There are numerous other 'Tillingbourne' examples (an independent that ceased in 2001), however most are now quite faded and indistinguishable.