[Talk-GB] Network tag on railway stations

[Lester Caine]

On 17/11/2018 10:02, Tony Shield wrote:
> Ormskirk is a good case where Merseyrail manage the station - 
> essentially the operator in OSM parlance.

I picked Ormskirk is it is the terminus for both Merseyrail and Northern 
services on that line. They terminate here as the Merseyrail line is 
electric and the Northern line is still served by diesel trains. I'm not 
sure today, but certainly originally the break was simply a buffer 
placed on the line ( must be 45 years sinse I was there last ;) ) which 
could be removed at some point to restore through running. Hence the 
suggestion that the line north be tagged with the operator=Northern, but 
as Michael suggested there may well be a case for multiple operator tags 
on the lines.

There is a good catalogue of data on the rail system, but I'm not sure 
it's all suitable to be used. It would be nice to see a 'UK' guide to 
tagging which covers all the options. Who operates the station, and who 
operates on each line accessing that station. The various ID's would 
help keep this data up to date.

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