[Tagging] Fwd: Lifecycle of rail

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Feb 10, 2022, 10:52 by 61sundowner at gmail.com:

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> 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).
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> 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'.
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railways are on another level

You not only need a certified vehicle, in addition operations are limited to few companies
and often every single train trip requires filing special paperwork

It is closer to how planes operate.

Still, technically some railway tracks are access=no rather than access=private
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