Talk:Key:access:carriages

Overcomplicated for most cases?

Why not front/rear/middle + number of cars?
—— Kovposch (talk) 16:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello again, we can update the wiki page, were you thinking of something like this: access:carriages=front3 or access:carriages=front;3? --Kylenz 08:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

It could be similar to placement=* , but personally prefer separating position and number of cars. They are different concepts. One is how the train stops, the other the platform length.
—— Kovposch (talk) 10:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Misuse

access=* is legal accessibility, not physically shorter platform. This can be interpreted as whether passengers are allowed to board certain cars. Such arrangement may be found on some trains.
—— Kovposch (talk) 16:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

👍 do you have a suggestion for a better key? Something like carriages=middle2? --Kylenz 08:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

For reference, I noticed railway:track_capacity_cars=* is listed on OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Tracks for the railway=rail signal block length somehow. Looks ugly, but shows there needs to be more coordination to use it in general for both tracks and stops.
—— Kovposch (talk) 10:14, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for linking to that tag. I had a look and discovered the undocumented tag railway:platform_length=*. 100% of uses are from an Austrian import. The default units are metres, maybe it would be valid to use cars or carriages as a unit?

For example, railway:platform_length=4 carriages + railway:train_platform_alignment=middle ??

--Kylenz 09:06, 15 February 2024 (UTC)