Tag:highway=bus_stop
+/- highway=bus_stop
A bus stop is a place where public buses stop.
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highway=bus_stop is widely used to mark the position where passengers await for a bus service, a position which may be marked by a shelter, pole, bus lay-by, road markings, or alternatively which is unmarked and known only by word-of-mouth or from information provided on a timetables.
Note that highway=bus_stop is also occasionally used to mark the position on the carriageway where the vehicle stops, rather than the place where the passengers wait. This position on the carriageway is however more commonly now tagged using a node on highway tagged with public_transport=stop_position, a tag is commonly omitted, especially where there is no ambiguity as to where and on which road the vehicle stops.
Bus stops often occur in pairs, one or either side of the road, or in larger clusters around a junction. A number of bus stops, together with any associated stop_positions and associated infrastructure can be combined using a relation of type public_transport=stop_area.
A major transport interchange for buses may be tagged with amenity=bus_station or alternatively with public_transport=station. A more recent proposal advocates the use of public_transport=platform in place of, in in addition highway=bus_stop.
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Bus stop
The highway=bus_stop tag is widely used to identify the position where passengers wait for a bus beside the carriageway, however there is not complete agreement within the community on this matter, and some users advocate using highway=bus_stop as a node within the highway=* at the place where the vehicle stops.
For this reason in some contributors advocate the use of public_transport=platform to identify the place where people wait for buses and public_transport=stop_position for the position within the carriageway where vehicles stop. For compatibility some advocate using both highway=bus_stop and public_transport=platform beside the road where passengers wait.
Recommended tagging:
| Tag | Usage | Description |
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| highway=bus_stop | recommended | This is a widely used tag. As an alternative consider using public_transport=platform with bus=yes. |
| public_transport=platform | recommended | Used instead of, or together with highway=bus_stop. Should be used in combination with bus=yes when highway=bus_stop is not present. |
| bus=yes | see note | Unnecessary when highway=bus_stop is tagged, mandatory when public_transport=platform is used on its own. |
| tram=yes | optional | If passengers can also board or alight trams from the same facility. |
| name=* | recommended | Name of the bus stop, especially when there exists no public_transport=stop_area- . If a stop area relation exists, then this tag can carry the numbering of the platform in addition to the bus stop name.
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| ref=* | optional | Reference of the bus stop. |
| network=* | optional | Name of the network if exists. |
| operator=* | optional | Name of the operator. |
| layer=* | optional | For where the associated road is not at ground level. Essential with complex multi-level situations where there would otherwise be doubt as to which road (or stop_position) it was associated. |
Use of the tags 'route_ref', 'location' and 'towards' in no longer recommended in conjunction with highway=bus_stop. This information should instead be associated with the corresponding route=* relation. In some areas highway=platform has also been used. It is recommended that these get changed to meet the above guidelines.
Stopping point
Use public_transport=stop_position as a node within the highway=* to indicate the place where the bus stops. Associated tags include:
| Tag | Usage | Description |
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| public_transport=stop_position | mandatory | According to the 2010 proposal this is placed on the street. |
| bus=yes | mandatory | According to the new public transport schema this replaces highway=bus_stop. |
| name=* | recommended | Name of the bus stop, especially when there exists no public_transport=stop_area-.
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| ref_name=* | optional | Name which is used in Internet timetables, usually a combination of bus stop name and city name; e.g. ref_name=Steintor, Hannover. |
| network=* | optional | Name of the network if exists. |
| operator=* | optional | Name of the operator. |
| ref=* | optional | Reference of the bus stop (also uic_ref=* and asset_ref=*) |
| tram=yes | optional | According to the new public transport schema this replaces railway=tram_stop. |
| railway=tram_stop | compatibility | Tagged if it is also a tram stop. This can be replaced with public_transport=stop_position+tram=yes. |
Stop area
It is sometimes beneficial to create a relation tagged with type=public_transport and public_transport=stop_area to group a number of associated bus stops and stopping positions into a single stop area. A stop area may also include other related facilities, such as amenity=shelter and amenity=bench. Where was shelter or bench are part of the bus stop structure itself, use shelter=yes or bench=yes.
| Tag | Usage | Description |
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| type=public_transport | mandatory | Defines the relation as type=public_transport |
| public_transport=stop_area | mandatory | Defines public_transport=* as stop area (in this case as bus stop) |
| name=* | recommended | Name of the bus stop. |
| network=* | optional | Name of the network if exists. |
| operator=* | optional | Name of the operator. |
| ref=* | optional | Reference of the bus stop. |
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See also
- Buses
- Routes
- Public_Transport
- Proposed features/Public_Transport (approved)
- NaPTAN/Import (a database of 360,000 bus stops in Great Britain)
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Related terms: <bus stop>
