Proposal:Contact line

detailed contact line
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	reDoubleYou
Tagging:	contact_line:*=*
Applies to:
Definition:	There are different electrification systems within the overhead contact lines.
Statistics:
Rendered as:	hidden, maybe OpenRailwaymap or similar
Draft started:	2024-12-23

Proposal

This proposal suggests introducing the new Key contcact_line for capturing the type of overhead contact lines.

Rationale

At the moment, it can be maped, how a track is electrified by the described values of electrification. One of them is electrification=contact_line. But there are various types of overhead contact lines. This diversity can't be mapped by the exiting tags. Replacing the existing tag electrification=contact_line by the values listed below would not be expedient, as this change would involve extensive adjustments to the existing database. The aim is therefore to concretise the already mapped value electrification=contact_line with the values proposed below.

Tagging

Key	Value	Description	Photos
contact_line	trolley_type	simple, so called trolley-type contact wire without a catenary, just the contact wire
	catenary	overhead contact lines with catenary suspension, consisting of one (or two) supporting catenary wires located above the contact wire(s)
	conductor_rail	overhead conductor rail installation (soffit conductor rail or conductor rail with clipped-in contact wire)

Comments

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