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+/- public_transport Description Public transport infrastructure tag Group Public Transport Element help Useful combination highway=* Tools for this tag Combinations worldwide in Australia/Oceania in Europe (list) in Asia (list) in Central America (list) in South America (list) in Africa (list)  (via overpass turbo - help)

Usage

See also: Public transport

The public_transport tag denotes stop positions and platforms of public transport. Stop position are placed as node on the street. Platforms are placed next to the street. Both are members of the relation stop_area and route relations.

Values

See below for suggested tag usage.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Rendering	Photo
public_transport	platform		The place where passengers are waiting for the transportation vehicle.
public_transport	station		A station where several buses or trains end their service. Used in combination with building=yes or area=yes.
public_transport	stop_position		The position on the street or rails where a bus, tram or train stops.
public transport	user defined		All commonly used values according to Taginfo

This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.

Stop position

Key	Value	Comment	Recommendation
public_transport	stop_position	Defines this point as a stop position of the vehicle.	mandatory
train	yes / no	If at this stop position stop trains.	recommended if yes, else optional
subway	yes / no	If at this stop position stop subways.	recommended if yes, else optional
monorail	yes / no	If at this stop position stop monorails.	recommended if yes, else optional
tram	yes / no	If at this stop position stop trams.	recommended if yes, else optional
bus	yes / no	If at this stop position stop buses.	recommended if yes, else optional
trolleybus	yes / no	If at this stop position stop trolley-buses.	recommended if yes, else optional
aerialway	yes / no	If at this stop position stop aerialways.	recommended if yes, else optional
ferry	yes / no	If at this stop position stop ferries.	recommended if yes, else optional
name	Individual name	The name by which the stop position is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
ref	Reference	The reference by which the stop position is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
uic_ref	UIC reference	The UIC reference by which the stop position is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
uic_name	UIC name	The UIC name by which the stop position is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
operator	Operator	Name of the company that operates the stop position	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
network	Local / regional network	Name of the network the stop position belongs to	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional

Platform

Key	Value	Comment	Recommendation
public_transport	platform	Defines this way or area as a platform where passengers are waiting for the vehicle. If there is no platform in the real world, one can place a node at the pole.	mandatory
area	yes / no	If the platform is an area.	recommended if yes, else optional
name	Individual name	The name by which the platform is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
ref	Reference	The reference by which the platform is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists or differs, else optional
uic_ref	UIC reference	The UIC reference by which the platform is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
uic_name	UIC name	The UIC name by which the platform is known.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
operator	Operator	Name of the company that operates the platform.	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
network	Local / regional network	Name of the network the stop position belongs to	recommended if no public_transport=stop_area exists, else optional
shelter	yes / no	If there is a shelter that is not tagged separately with amenity=shelter.	recommended if yes, else optional
bench	yes / no	If there is a bench that is not tagged separately with amenity=bench.	recommended if yes, else optional
covered	yes / no	For platforms under the surface. This does not replace a correct layer key.	recommended if yes, but not needed if there is a specific structure (other than a general landuse classification) on a higher layer covering the whole platform.