[OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)

[mmd]

Hi,

Am 13.09.2015 um 00:47 schrieb Jo:

> 
> I also tried not to comment, but I'm in that same camp. There is really
> no harm in having abandoned and even raised railways, unless buildings
> are constructed over them.
> 

out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned
railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a
widespread issue?

I put up an Overpass query to get some insights for my area. It turned
out to be only a few buildings, which I can happily ignore. Not sure
about those cases, where they cross a motorway, though...

See for yourself in your area:

http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/bpP

Rather than looking at the whole planet at once, I'd recommend to start
out with a somewhat smaller bbox. This query runs on a Overpass Lab
preview (read: beta) version with some real hard disks underneath. So be
prepared for some potential issues here and there ;)

Kind regards,
mmd





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Re: [OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd :
> 
> out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned
> railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a
> widespread issue?


I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned rails. 
It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany, around 100 
hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21


cheers 
Martin


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Re: [OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)

[John Eldredge]

In the case of Nashville, Tennessee, an Interstate bypass, I-440, that 
loops about one-third of the way around the city core, deliberately made 
use of a no-longer-used railway right-of-way to reduce land purchase costs. 
If anyone were to go back and map that railroad now, the entire route would 
overlap the motorway.


--
John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot 
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.




On September 13, 2015 7:59:54 AM Martin Koppenhoefer 
 wrote:





sent from a phone


Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd :

out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned
railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a
widespread issue?



I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned 
rails. It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany, 
around 100 hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings:

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21


cheers
Martin


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