<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpb92f9291yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Dartmouth Steam Railway, whilst a heritage rail line, also has a regular timetable and sells single and return tickets, so is not reserved to tourists.<br><br>Indeed, they now have an agreement with Great Western Rail (GWR) to offer through ticketing from stations on the main rail network to Dartmouth.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So, my vote is for the Dartmouth Steam Railway to be classified as "public transport". It is currently tagged as " <span>railway:preserved=yes", which is also true. Do "preserved/heritage" and "public transport" have to be mutually exclusive?</span> (Sorry; I am new to this topic - how would it be tagged to make it "public transport"; does it just have to lose the "heritage" tag?)</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpb92f9291signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>(PeterPan99)<br></div></div></div>
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On Monday, 19 February 2024 at 15:44:21 GMT, Paul Berry <pmberry2007@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119"><div><div dir="ltr">I think the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway can make a serious claim to be a regular passenger private railway, run as a public service, even if it relies heavily on tourism. I'm sure there are others.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Regards,<br clear="none"><i>Paul</i></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119yqt56034" class="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119yqt5771321961"><div class="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119gmail_attr">On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 15:06, Dave F via Talk-GB <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp1a858986yiv3579761119gmail_quote">Hi<br clear="none">
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Tourist railway stations are not public transport.<br clear="none">
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Due to the iD editor, many railway=station entities tagged with either <br clear="none">
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