Brian
Before anyone answers your question, please bear in mind that there is no clear definition of a "coach" ... and I have dealt with a feedback to traveline on this very point only this morning. A limited stop service between Cambridge and Oxford operated by vehicles which have "coach-style" seats and which the operator refers to as "coaches" runs a limited stop service between the two cities (the X5) - so we call this a coach. The complaint came from someone who had been unable to find this service as a "bus" because he saw a "coach" as being something which you had to prebook, and which expected a significant number of passengers to have luggage which went into luggage lockers under (or at the back of) the vehicle. There is no "right" definition - and OSM might be better advised to tag routes as <bus-coach> rather than to try to separate them. Roger From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Prangle Sent: 05 August 2009 12:29 To: [email protected] Subject: [Talk-transit] Route relations types Do we want to add route=coach to differentiate long distance routes operated in the UK mainly by National Express and which mainly travel city to city with very limited stops, from the typical bus services which operate within cities or short distance between adjacent or closely related towns and villages stopping frequently and which are tagged route=bus? Regards Brian
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