[talk-au] Disused Railway Stations

[Warin]

On 26/01/2016 1:38 PM, cleary wrote:
> While undertaking various edits, I have notice multiple railway stations
> with the words "Closed" or "Abandoned" or "Grain Only" as part of the
> names.
>
> I have changed some of these so that those words are removed from the
> names and have added other tags to reflect the closed or abandoned
> status.
>
> For example:
>
> abandoned:railway=station
> name=Mulwala
>
> disused:railway=station
> name=Coorabin
>
> railway=freight_station
> freight_station=grain_only
> name=Oaklands
>
> I have noted that historic:railway=station_site is another possibility.
>
> There seem to be many more disused railway stations that are identified
> as railway=station even though there are no services. Am I correct in
> making the above changes or can someone suggest better ways of tagging
> these places.
>
name= 'not the name but the function/service'
Technically correct that it should not be done.:-)   But used by many to convey the meaning/feature.. tagging to be rendered.
I don't like it either ... yet I have done it. Once only. I have asked some if name=Netball and derivatives was true... some respond that it is.

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historic tag can be combined with other tags. Though some of these have been 'restored' and incorporate cafes etc.

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For freight only

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Marshalling_Yard.2FClassification_Yard.2FFreight_Yard.2FFreight_Station

suggests

railway=yard  ... for a 'freight station'. Probably not rendered. Taginfo gives just over 500 of these.. 0 for freight_station.

Then I suppose you can add

yard=grain_only