Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread Janko Mihelić
I think that tag is not usable. There can be a train that goes from town to town, making it an ordinary train line. Then when it comes to a big city, it stops on every station, making it a commuter train line. How do you tag that? I know there aren't a lot of these trains, but I think the tag

Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread Arun Ganesh
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: I think that tag is not usable. There can be a train that goes from town to town, making it an ordinary train line. Then when it comes to a big city, it stops on every station, making it a commuter train line. How do you tag

Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread danmey
Am 04.10.2011 14:34, schrieb Arun Ganesh: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com mailto:jan...@gmail.com wrote: I think that tag is not usable. There can be a train that goes from town to town, making it an ordinary train line. Then when it comes to a big

Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread Arun Ganesh
I did not propose to tag the *way* as commuter rail, but the *relations* regarding these train connections. Commuter rail often uses the same rail tracks as long distance services. That is why railway=rail is correct for the ways; but IMHO route=commuter for the relations is interesting

Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread Michael von Glasow
On 10/04/2011 03:32 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote: I did not propose to tag the *way* as commuter rail, but the *relations* regarding these train connections. Commuter rail often uses the same rail tracks as long distance services. That is why railway=rail is correct for the ways; but

Re: [Talk-transit] commuter rail

2011-10-04 Thread André Joost
Am 04.10.11 21:40, schrieb Michael von Glasow: You might want to add some characteristics that generally distinguish such services from ordinary rail connections: - Metropolitan area (city and surroundings) - Schedules with frequent runs at mostly constant intervals (such as every 20 minutes)