[OSM-talk-be] railways and stations

[Jakka]

-< "Some switches/junctions have a name (e.g. Y Val-Benoit) and are tagged
  as railway=junction. But this page [2] seems to suggest that
  railway=switch is a better tag. Or do we keep the railway=junction tag
for named switches/junctions?">

In real life a name like "Y val-Benoit" junction (vertakking) is not a 
switch but the area with switches were lines (the number of track is no 
importend) can go from one destination to a other destination. From 
Kortrijk to Brussel or Kortrijk to Gent(1)

1) https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.83690/3.29340
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dswitch

missing convention:
Track that are no more connected to the normal railway explotation but 
only used for tourism like rail bike (3)
definition for such engines is missing
railbike tag info 1
rail_bike tag info 41

3) http://www.spoorfietsen.be


Op 20/01/2018 om 15:27 schreef Stijn Rombauts:
> Hi,
>
> I am rewriting the conventions page about railways [1]. It was a bit
> outdated...
> A few questions:
> - I kept the convention about the name ("L" followed by the number of
> the line, e.g. L25). But I noticed it hasn't been followed in many
> places (often 25 or L.25). Do we keep this convention or not? The
> HSL/LGV lines have been given other names like "Ligne Nouvelle 1" or
> "LGV 3 - HSL 3". What do we do these?
> - The relations usually have a ref=L.25. (with the point). Still OK?
> - Some switches/junctions have a name (e.g. Y Val-Benoit) and are tagged
> as railway=junction. But this page [2] seems to suggest that
> railway=switch is a better tag. Or do we keep the railway=junction tag
> for named switches/junctions?
> - Railway stations: I guess we're supposed to follow the
> rules/guidelines in this page [3]? Or do we have other opinions? E.g. in
> Visé [4] the tag railway=station has been used 3 times...
> - Do we keep the distinction between railway=station and railway=halt.
> As more and more stations (=buildings) are closed, it seems to me that
> the distinction between the two has become quite vague.
>
> I'll probably come back later with more questions. Any other useful
> information that could be added to the conventions page is welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> StijnRR
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/Railways
> [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dswitch
> [3] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway_stations
> [4] https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.73809/5.69215
>
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