Lester's comments look logical from a general perspective: 1 network
(National Rail), 1+ operators (Merseyrail, Northern, ...). I'd expand a
bit by saying the it IS possible to have both multiple networks and
operators at the same transport point (rail/bus station/platform). I
have local Swedish bus stops with 3+ networks: Stockholm SL
bus/ferry/subway system, Uppsala UL bus system, private long distance
networks and then specific operators such as Nobina and Arriva for, at
least, specific routes with the Stockholm network. Fun.
Mike
On 2018-11-17 10:09, Lester Caine wrote:
On 17/11/2018 07:12, SK53 wrote:
I've just come across a large number of instances of network=Nation
Rail on stations. Clearly this is a mistake, presumably National Rail
is intended.
As the station concerned is heavily branded with Merseyrail my first
instinct was to change the tag to this, but then I wondered if
National Rail is more useful. Today a network=Merseyrail would be
more useful to me because I have a day rover for that network.
I wonder what others think, and can we clean up the erroneous name?
Merseyrail is the operator rather than the network. The network is
owned and managed by Network Rail. National Rail is simply a club of
operating companies and includes both Network Rail and Merseyrail. So
every station should have an operator=xxx and network=Network Rail,
but they should also have some tag to the other train operators using
the network through the station if more than 'National Railway' member
is using it. So Ormskirk Station
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/86878104#map=19/53.56928/-2.88114)
for example needs an operator=merseyrail and *I* would prefer
network=Network Rail. The line north should be tagged
operator=Northern which would at least associate that fact with the
station, but other stations may have more than one train operator
using the track. Network Rail and National Rail is probably
interchangable in the public mind, but freight services use the track
and is not covered by National Rail, but it's unlike that stations
like Ormskirk would have that problem ;)
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