I have previously used "name (A)" and "name (B)" for the same situation -
and you can also place it into a separate ref=A or local_ref=A tag.
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David

On 31 August 2010 19:31, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Since most renders only display the name to make it useful to the
> casual map user I'd suggest
> "A name" or "B name" in the name field.  There is a similar problem
> with the GTFS stop_code.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 31 August 2010 14:17, Magnus Bäck <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In the Skånetrafiken public transport network in southmost Sweden, bus
> > stops are identified not only by name but also by a capital letter that
> > identifies this particular platform (or stop position, if you will). In
> > most cases you have an "A" platform for one direction and a "B" platform
> > across the street for buses heading the other direction. Example below.
> >
> > http://openbusmap.org/?zoom=18&lat=56.01628&lon=12.72438&layers=BT
> >
> > How should this be entered into OSM? I think the information is useful
> > since bigger bus stations may have tens of platforms, but I don't feel
> > any of the existing tags really cover this case. For now I've included
> > it in the name ("Helsingborg Biblioteket (B)" etc, see above), but this
> > is hardly ideal. I suppose the ref attribute wouldn't be completely off,
> > but it seems more geared towards network-internal reference numbers that
> > are unknown to and useless for the travellers. The platform identifiers
> > should be displayed on maps but perhaps not as prominently as the stop
> > names.
> >
> > --
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