A German mapper just changed the rail type of a line [1] in my area (southern Brazil) from light_rail to subway.
Here those trains run on the surface (contrary to most subways) and have no at-grade intersections with other traffic (contrary to most light rail systems). Also, metro systems like this are usually considered "heavy rail," [2] so it really doesn't look like this should be "light rail". It is also not simply railway=rail since it is not the highest level of rail service and it only carries passengers. Grade separation seems to be the main distinguishing criteria as per what's written in the wiki [3][4][5]. Do you think we could clarify on the wiki that there may exist subway systems that run entirely on the surface? [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/420335 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail [3] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:railway [4] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dlight_rail [5] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dsubway -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "Nullius in verba." _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
