Hello,
Am Donnerstag, den 03.03.2016, 23:16 +0100 schrieb Michael Reichert:
I would add two additional categories:
- importance=low:
- Location and served areas: small stops where most trains (even
local trains) do not stop apart form a few "alibi trains" [1] (usually in the early morning and/or late evening)
Traffic: few regional trains stopping at every station
Examples: Rosenberg (Baden), Rammingen (Württemberg), Unadingen
importance=sometimes
- Location and served areas: stops which are either only served by
irregular running historic trains on preserved lines or only on special (large) events
- Traffic: only historic trains / anything between two trains per
day and multiple per minute
- Examples: Gerstetten (?), Welzheim
Best regards
Michael
[1] Usually two trains (one per direction) which only run to serve an obligation of service (national railway companies are sometimes force to serve a line althought the do not really want it).
I think that we should not define too many categories for any special type of station. I think that the difference between importance=low and importance=local is too small to need a separate category.
The category importance=sometimes may be a good idea, but even here I think that tagging those stations with importance=local provides enough information for most purposes.
In my current draft at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rurseeka tze/Station_Importance_Draft, I just extended the definition of important=local with the aspects of importance=sometimes.
Regards Alex