You went off-liste I'd think I'd propose an alternative service such as service=heritage (or stick with service=regional): type=line line=rail service=heritage ref=abbreviated name of railway (it's not like there's going to be more than one service on the line) Richard
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Frankie Roberto <fran...@frankieroberto.com>wrote: > Richard Mann wrote: > > >> The public transport schema says we should be tagging rail service >> relations as: >> >> No route tag >> line=rail >> service = high_speed / long_distance / regional / commuter >> ref = service reference >> nat_ref = national timetable reference >> > > Could anyone offer guidance on how this applies to 'heritage' railways? eg > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/162879 and those listed on > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_Kingdom_Independent_and_minor_railways > > Some of the things I've noted: > > * The "routes" (in terms of the the route of the actual trains) usually > match 1 to 1 with the physical "line", except: > * Sometimes the operational line extends beyond the final train station, > but trains either don't use that section, or do use these sections, and > simply travel to the end of the operational line, stop (but don't let > passengers on or off) and then travel back again. > * Some of the railways have sidings / train sheds mapped - these can be > considered part of the overall railway, but aren't part of the route that > passengers experience. > > Any thoughts? > > I've also used railway=heritage on some of the relations, as I think this > could be more descriptive than railway=preserved (as sometimes the heritage > lines operate on newly-built lines/diversions, rather than the exact > historical old lines). > > Frankie > > -- > Frankie Roberto > Experience Designer, Rattle > 0114 2706977 > http://www.rattlecentral.com > >
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