[Talk-GB] railway=rail + oneway?

[Gareth L]

I’m sure there are more expert people than I on this, but I don’t think bi directional signals are as common as thought. 
Local to me on the WCML, it has much larger signalling blocks when operated in reverse - so the operational benefit is not having to stop for authorisation to continue from the signaller, but still reduced capacity ... oneway=reversible *might* make more sense than removing it outright?

Trap points strike me as a legitimate one way system enforcement?

Hopefully a permanent way engineer reads the mailing list.

Gareth


> On 15 Jan 2021, at 04:52, Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> 
> In my upkeep of railway stations I've come across a few railway=rail sections which are tagged as oneway=yes.
> 
> To check before I remove: Anyone know of a legitimate case where trains can *only* travel in one direction? Most of the national network have double direction signals to allow them to use the right hand track.
> Some of the examples I've found end midway along a linear track with no junction & even a couple of buffered ends.
> 
> DaveF
> 
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