Talk:Tag:route=train
More route attributes
Anyone fancy attributes for service frequency, or service type for the routes?
I would add for example be interested in adding: sleeping_car=yes couchette=yes resturant=yes
and also approximate service frequency (at peak): frequency=5/week ... 10/hour seasonal=no
to be able to, for example, make a map of night train services.
Train timetables don't belong i OSM, but I think this more static information could be of use. What do you think?
- I welcome that. After seeing this post on the forum I think we need to document more attributes of train routes. I'll make a start with some examples I've seen in the wild. --Mdeen (talk) 07:29, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Is this used for light rail, light metro, subways, etc?
Is route=train used for subways, els, metros, light metros and light rail in your area? Or do mappers use specific tags like route=subway and route=light_rail? --Jeisenbe (talk) 05:03, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- In the Netherlands we use route=subway and route=tram where appropriate. --Mdeen (talk) 06:25, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- In the USA, we use all of route=train ("heavy rail"), often tagged passenger=(inter)national, regional and suburban, route=subway (also considered heavy rail) is usually passenger=suburban, route=light_rail is often tagged passenger=urban, route=tram is often tagged passenger=local. So, what you are asking is a sort of big question, but route=train is "only" used where a full-sized train is used. If it is a "metro" that is substantially underground, route=subway. If it is a light_rail or tram, we tag accordingly with route=light_rail or route=tram. Stevea (talk) 12:49, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Opening Hours?
route=bus has opening hours as a possible tag to add to the relation. What about route=train?
Name tag
Hello, why do we use name tag as duplicity for other tags?
name = [route] [ref]: [from] => [to]
And when there is an actual name of the train, where to put this?
Filip009 14.12.2022 7:30 UTC
- As discussed elsewhere this usage is a de-facto use which doesn't conform to the best practices -Miklcct (talk) 12:51, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- And ideally would be replaced Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 16:25, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- I agree this does not work because of actual names, and because it goes against the name tag definition in general, so we should keep the documentation that it is done but also suggest to not do it and convert existing synthetic names to the scheme with distinct tags like ‘from’ and ‘to’ Dieterdreist (talk) 12:30, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Route for a trackless train for the transport of tourists
Which value of route=* use for a trackless train, road train, Tschu-Tschu train or Dotto train is for the transport of tourists in theme parks or sightseeing?
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See attraction=train.
--Pyrog (talk) 08:47, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- It is not a train, not railway at least. I think this belongs more into the bus class, maybe invent something on its own (maybe there is something, I did no thorough search)—Dieterdreist (talk) 13:21, 15 December 2024 (UTC)