[Talk-GB] railway=halt

[jc129 at mail.com]

On 01/02/2020 00:05, Martin Wynne wrote:
> The traditional distinction was that Halts were unstaffed.

Interesting - I didn't know this, but there's so many of these today that
it shouldn't be the only determining factor.

On 31/01/2020 23:49, Dave F wrote:
> Over the past few months I've been sorting & adding detail to the UK's
> National Rail railway stations so that OSM has the correct amount.

Thank you for doing this useful work.

> How is 'size' determined? ...

I would say length of platform(s) and number of facilities (such as lighting,
ticket machine, live departure board). I think passenger usage is irrelevant.

Also, I'd think of "stations" with only a parliamentary service as halts
but I'm interested in others' views on this.

Jez C