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Skipping stops is something our buses used to do (rural Netherlands), this would usually happen if one bus was late so the next one was right behind it. Makes no sense for a full bus to stop when nobody has to get out when there's an empty one driving the same route right behind it.

Experienced bus travelers would often know when there'd be two buses in a row, too. And of course the bus drivers would point it out.