[talk-au] tagging old railway stations - what is the agreed approach

[cleary]

I would like to confirm that the inclusion of qualifiers such as "closed" or "freight only" in the name is NOT appropriate.

e.g. 
railway=station
name = xxxxxx (closed)
 or 
railway=station
name=xxxxxxx (freight only)

I understand both are inappropriate uses of the name tag and should not be used.

I think the first should be tagged as disused or abandoned such as
disused:railway=station
name=xxxxxxxx

and the second with
railway=yard
name=xxxxxxx

Is that generally agreed? 

What about a former railway station that is now freight only. Can one combine disused:railway=station and railway=yard on the one node or should there be multiple nodes?









On Sat, 19 Oct 2019, at 6:53 AM, Ewen Hill wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  I am trying to get some clarity about tagging old railway stations like https://i1.wp.com/judithsalecich.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-former-Bogantungan-Railway-Station.jpg?ssl=1 that has not seen a train stop for a numbe of decades
> 
> 
> There appears to be a myriads of ways to tag this according to the Wiki. What is the best standardised approach (which I will add to the ATG)
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