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

[Philip Barnes]

On Mon, 2024-02-19 at 16:18 +0000, Andy Townsend wrote:
> (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.

Certainly of no use to passengers, my local station has 3 stop
positions beyond the end of the platform.

The next station down the line has different stop positions for
different classes of train.

Phil






> 
> "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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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