Tag:highway=platform

+/- highway=platform Description A platform of a bus station. Used on these elements Useful combination Key:ref Key:route_ref Key:name Key:operator Key:wheelchair Key:bench Key:bin Key:shelter Key:toilet Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Undefined

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public_transport=platform

Because there are plenty of examples where a platform is used for buses and trams this feature has been replaced by public_transport=platform.

How to use

The highway=platform tag is sometimes used for the places at which passengers to wait for or board a public service vehicle; highway=bus_stop is also used for this purpose. For railways the equivalent tag is railway=platform. See Tag:highway=bus_stop for more detailed description of options for this tag.

A new standardised tag (public_transport=platform) was approved in (April 2011) within Proposed_features/Public_Transport to identify waiting points across all transport modes. It will however take time for down-stream services to adapt to this new tagging and in the mean time the 'traditional' tagging should be included. The new tags may also be used, alternatively the conversion process can be left to a bot which will probably be developed to add the new tags in a uniform and efficient way.

See also

• Approved feature/platform – approved proposal and voting
• Proposed features/Public Transport – approved proposal and voting

Related terms: floor. platform. terrace.