[Tagging] rail routes: how are platforms and stops associated (rail question 2)

[Tijmen Stam]

On 12-05-17 00:06, Bjoern Hassler wrote:
> Hi Tijmen,
>
> many thanks. Yes, I understand the wiki that way too, i.e. suggest one
> stop_area for the station and associated infrastructure.
>
> Follow up question: In the relation you have
>  .../stop/platform/stop/platform/stop/platform/... - would you agree
> with the convention that the stop comes first, then the platform? It's
> of course arbitrary, but e.g  in JOSM, the stop name would then come
> first, followed by the platform (possibly unnamed), so it possibly makes
> more sense than the other way round.

I didn't know that was a convention, but it is one I use too.

My convention of order for a route_relation:

stop_position 1
platform 1
stop_position 2
platform 2
:
stop_position N
platform N
way 1
way 2
way 3

For the stop_area, I try to keep a similar convention, but I see it as 
having no logical necessary, just to keep things neat:

public_transport/railway=station (if applicable)
stop_position 1
platform 1
:
stop_position N
platform N
[things without role, like shelters/bench/...]