Hi Mike, Am 2016-10-22 um 20:43 schrieb Mike Boos: > I don't know if I'd characterize this as a "Karlsuhe model" train-tram - > the system is entirely within a single urban area (even if it does span two > adjacent cities), it just uses an existing rail corridor in some places. > Unlike the Karlsuhe system, the vehicles have only a single operating > voltage.
There are lines in Karlsruhe which use only the tram current (750 Volt DC), e.g. line S1 from Hochstetten via Karlsruhe to Bad Herrenalb. This line shares tracks with freight trains between Lepoldshafen Frankfurter Straße and Welschneureuter Straße. That's similar to the train track in Waterloo. >> Tag the tracks as they look like. Sections where tracks share space with >> cars [1] are railway=tram. Where the trams are physically separated from >> the traffic [2], it's a railway=light_rail. That's how tagging works in >> cities which only have *one* tram/light rail system. If the city has two >> or three (low-floor tram and high-floor light rail; some German cities), >> it becomes more difficult because we also try to get the systems >> distinguishable (there are use cases). But that is not important now and >> the reason why Germans discuss correct tagging of trams, light rails and >> subways at their OSM Forum over multiple pages and threads. :-) >> > > There are not really spaces shared with cars, (thank goodness) so the only > appropriate tag along roads is light_rail. It does not share the space but according to your photos at Twitter the trackbed seems to be paved and cars could use it. A proper light rail has either ballast or grass between the tracks, i.e. car drivers will recognize that the cannot use this space. https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/jx4Z1BdL_nhENDjJMxHI2w http://www.regum.de/en/rail_products/lawn_track There is no sharp border between trams and light rails. Best regards Michael -- Per E-Mail kommuniziere ich bevorzugt GPG-verschlüsselt. (Mailinglisten ausgenommen) I prefer GPG encryption of emails. (does not apply on mailing lists)
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