Re: [openrailwaymap] Harzer Schmalspur Bahn

On 22.04.2015 13:46, robert wrote: > Dear OpenRailwayMappers, > > recently I had a look at the marvellous openrailwaymap. I am > astonished by the > many different classes for railway lines. Although commuting everyday > by train, > I never imagined so many different track types. > > One thing confused me, maybe you can enlighten me. Why is the 9701 > "Brockenbahn" running to the top of the highest peak in the Harz > mountains > neither "Schmalspur" nor "Museumsbahn" but a "Überleitgleis". Even > more > confusing, at some stations the parallel tracks are tagged as > "Schmalspurbahn" (e.g. Schierke). > > According to the website of the "Harzer Schmalspur Bahnen" > http://www.hsb-wr.de/mehr-erfahren/streckennetz/interaktives-streckennetz/ > the "Brockenbahn" and the "Harzquerbahn" are claimed to be > "Schmalspurbahnen".

The meaning of railway=preserved and railway=narrow_gauge is better represented using railway:preserved=yes and gauge=.