[Tagging] Tagging GB railway stations and track
Chris Hill
osm at raggedred.net
Wed Nov 7 13:16:27 GMT 2012
On 07/11/12 13:03, Peter Hicks wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm part of a group of people who are working to get a richer set of
> metadata attached to the railway network in Great Britain, specifically:
>
> - Tagging railway stations with the three-letter CRS (computer
> reservation system) codes, which is widely used by train companies and
> the public to refer to stations, plus TIPLOC (TIming Point LOCation)
> codes - used in timetable planning - to relevant parts of stations,
> and STANOX (Station Number) codes used for train reporting
>
> - Adding junctions as nodes or closed ways (depending on their
> structure) to existing railway lines, along with their TIPLOC and
> STANOX codes
>
> - Adding Network Rail route codes to logical groups of routes and
> tidying up line names
>
> I've started using three tags - ref:crs_code, ref:stanox and
> ref:tiploc for locations, and ref:nr_route_code for route codes -
> they're attached to St Albans Abbey station and stations toward
> Watford Junction as an example.
>
> Does anyone have thoughts or comments on the above? I've set up a
> Wiki page at
> http://wiki.openraildata.info/index.php/AddingJunctionsAndSidingsToOsm and
> there's a mailing list at
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openraildata-talk
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/openraildata-talk> if you
> want to get involved.
>
>
Megagronk has already been adding station codes. He has a list provided
by the ATOC and permission to use it in OSM. He has not been using your
scheme AFAIK.
--
Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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