[Tagging] Fwd: Lifecycle of rail

[Warin]

On 10/2/22 10:49, stevea wrote:
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> Additionally, there is the issue of whether we need to or might also explicitly tag access=no on rail (we don't seem to need to do this for highways, and it is widely understood that railway right-of-way is closed to public access).


In most places you cannot take any old car on a road. The vehicle has to 
have some 'license' to use the road, sometimes with insurance. The 
operator too is usually required to be 'licensed'.


OSM does not map it as the conditions are commonly understood in the 
local area.. and the same would hold true for railways.

If the tag access=no is placed on a railway that would mean trains would 
not be able to use it. No means no.