Without route relations, OSM shows where you can get on the train/vehicle, but not where you can go
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021, 10:58 Dave F via Talk-transit < talk-transit@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > What's wrong with consulting a timetable? > > Maps show you where you can go, timetables tell you when . > > DaveF > > On 01/06/2021 01:18, Michael Tsang wrote: > > > I think you are missing the point that GB is not a city. > > > Cities are densly pack and urban transport systems reflect this. In > London tube trains simply stop at every station. > > > This structure will not work when it comes to rural stations, and what > we have works very well. It would not be efficient to stop every trains > at stations which only have a few dozen passengers in a day. > > Other European countries are doing it much better. The routes are > numbered. There are designated express services with stops only in big > cities. The rural stations have only local stopping services which call at > every stop en-route. > > We don't even have a useful route map from train companies that can work > out which train I should take without consulting the timetable. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing > listTalk-transit@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit >
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