Hi Jarek, I'd welcome a tag for tram tracks that normally aren't used except for diversions (in case of breakdowns, accidents, road/track works, events etc.) or for drives to the depot. However, i'm unsure whether service=siding is a good fit for these tracks. I'm not an expert in trams/trains, but wouldn't service=spur fit better? Otherwise it might make sense to invent a new tag, maybe service=irregular/auxillary/minor/secondary?
Regards Markus On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, 17:35 Jarek Piórkowski <ja...@piorkowski.ca wrote: > Hello, > > In tram systems, some of the tracks might not be used regularly for > passenger service. Some might be garage or work area tracks, and > others might be used only for detours or emergency service. > > The `service` key seems a natural match for tagging this, but its > values specified for railways aren't a close fit for trams (a railway > "yard" is somewhat different from a tram "yard", trams rarely have > "spurs", etc) and tram-specific values were never defined. I have > looked into various values currently used in tagging systems around > the world and would like to suggest tram-specific guidelines to add to > Key:service on wiki. > > Please see > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jarek_Pi%C3%B3rkowski/Key:service > for the suggested addition and > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-January/042313.html > for more background including a survey of existing tagging. > > Any thoughts are welcome, in particular if someone has an opinion on > whether this warrants a formal proposal process. > > Thanks, > --Jarek >
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