[Talk-GB] The "public_transport" key (was: Tourist railway stations are not public transport)

[Andy Townsend]

(somewhat offtopic from the original question)

The entire "public_transport" key is somewhat iffy in the UK, for lots 
of different reasons.  An overpass query for "public_transport" values 
that are not anything else soon shows that: 
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1HyG .

Among the issues are that all non-terminus railway and most bus 
"public_transport=stop_position" are a work of fiction - when the train 
length varies, the actual stop position will vary too.

"public_transport=platform" is essentially unconsumable - it sometimes 
duplicates other features (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1052456874 
, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/185111479 ) sometimes it does not 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8942189900 .

Any remaining "pay_scale_area" will surely be no longer correct.

Best Regards,

Andy