[talk-au] Naming Bus Stops for interchanges in Sydney

[cleary]

In Sydney, many stops display the stop number but I'm not sure if we have another source for this data - in NSW, the convention is that the first four numbers  are the postcode of the suburb. So all stops in Strathfield would have a 6 or 7 digit number with the first four digits being the postcode for the suburb.  For example stands A to D at Strathfield have their numbers included in OSM with the tag "local_ref="





On Tue, 22 Jan 2019, at 12:21 PM, Warin wrote:
> On 22/01/19 12:03, Sam Wilson wrote:
> > On 1/21/19 4:58 PM, Warin wrote:
> >> I have used (misused?) the ref to tag the routes that use that bus 
> >> stop, then some one has put the stop 'number' in as local_ref.
> >> Possibly the stop number is a 'operator_ref' ... whatever, no 
> >> practical use to the normal person.
> >
> > I actually find the ref super useful, because with the Transperth app 
> > in WA you can search by stop ID and it's quicker and a lot more 
> > accurate than searching by street name etc. They're displayed in 
> > OSMAnd, and that's usually where I get them from.
> 
> How do you know the number to start your search?
> 
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