[Talk-GB] railway Halts

[Dave F]

I instigated a discussion about substituting halts with stations & 
adding request stops back in Feb. '20

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2020-February/thread.html#24104
My original post is in the Jan listing, but can be seen in one of the 
Feb replies.

Request stops:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1ro0

Two NR stations named as 'halts'
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1ro4

DaveF



On 15/02/2023 12:54, Martin Wynne wrote:
> On 15/02/2023 12:09, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> "Halt" was used as a distinct term by some of the pre-1948 railway 
>> companies, often (not always) referring to a station with no 
>> ticket-selling facilities.
>
> Traditionally a Halt had no signals or signal box (unless one was 
> provided for some other reason, such as a nearby level crossing).
>
> Trains stopping at the Halt would therefore be doing so within the 
> block section between signal boxes, without the signaller at either 
> end having sight or knowledge of them doing so.
>
> That has all been swept away with modern signalling methods.
>
> Martin.
>
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