Giulio Barba writes:
> Hi, I'm writing to get your opinion on train stations.
> In particular in reality the train stations used as attractions within the
> theme parks.
> In your opinion, should these stations be tagged using the
> "public_transport" key?
I see multiple shades of gray:
1) true public transport - trains that are operated and used because
people want to get from one place to another place
2) tourist trains that go somewhere -- trains that travel over real
tracks for a considerable distance -- but where the point is the ride,
and you often drive in a car to the start and the train ends in the
same place
3) entertainment rides of small scale, like a 1-mile loop, contained
within the grounds of an amusement park
4) things that used to be train stations and look like train stations
but that do not have trains picking up and discharging passengers
I see only (1) as appropriate for public transport tags.
2 and probably 3 still deserve railway tags, station tags, etc. -- but
not "public transport". public transport is about a service being
offered beyond the physical ability for trains to arrive, be boarded and
leave.
As for 4, it's not even a train station. It's a building that used to
be a train station.
As a test, I'd ask "can you decide to ride from station A to station B,
for any pair of stations, and make that work, as a way to get there".
If you can, it's public transport. If not, probably not. (Yes, I know
sometimes you have to switch trains, express trains don't stop at many
stations, etc. But you know what I mean, I'm pretty sure.)
Also, if you can only ride it if you've paid admission, and you can only
travel from within the admission boundary to other places within the
admission boundary, it isn't *public* transport.
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