Tag:highway=bus_stop
 highway = bus_stop
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A bus stop is a place where public buses stop for passengers  
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A bus stop is a place where passengers can board or alight from a bus. Its position may be marked by a shelter, pole, bus lay-by, or road markings.
The highway=bus_stop tag is widely used on a node off to one side of the highway way to identify the position where passengers wait for a bus beside the carriageway.
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A bus stop should be defined for each discrete location where a pole or shelter is placed or where a person should wait for a vehicle. The widely used approach is to place bus stop nodes off to one side of the highway way, and not with the node being part of the highway=* way (being the place where the vehicle stops - see below). If there are places for passengers to wait on both sides of the road then two bus stops should be defined.
Use of the tags route_ref=*, 'location' and 'towards' is no longer recommended in conjunction with highway=bus_stop. This information should instead be associated with the corresponding route=* relation.
Recommended tagging:
Basic tags
| Tag | Usage | Description |
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| highway=bus_stop | ! Required | This tag is a widely used on a node positioned to the side of the road (where passengers wait). |
| public_transport=platform | ‽ Important | This tag was introduced in the Public Transport proposal. |
| name=* | ‽ Important | Name of the bus stop. |
| ref=* | ‽ Important | Reference of the bus stop - usually a series of letters and numbers used to find the stop on digitized systems. |
| local_ref=* | ? Optional | Short reference of the bus stop - "A", "D1" for example |
| network=* | ? Optional | Name of the network if exists. |
| operator=* | ? Optional | Name of the operator if exists. |
Physical attributes
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| shelter=yes/no/separate | ‽ Important | 'yes' if the stop is protected from the rain by a shelter. If the bus stop's shelter is mapped separately with a node with amenity=shelter, then shelter=separate can be used. |
| bench=yes/no/separate | ? Optional | 'yes' if users can sit on a bench at the bus stop. |
| tactile_paving=yes/no/incorrect | ? Optional | 'yes' if the paving at the bus stop is tactile. |
| wheelchair=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if the bus stop is wheelchair accessable. |
| departures_board=* | ? Optional | A board in an airport, train station, bus terminal or stop, etc displaying the information about future departures. |
| lit=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if the bus stop is lit. |
| bin=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if there is a trash can at the bus stop. |
| covered=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if the stop is protected from the rain by cover that is not a dedicated shelter. |
| passenger_information_display=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if the stop has a real time electronic passenger information display. |
| pole=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if there is a pole at the bus stop. |
| flag=yes/no | ? Optional | 'yes' if there is a flag or sign at the bus stop with details about the bus stop, for example, the name or ref |
| kerb=* | ? Optional | the type of kerb at a bus stop, most likely kerb=raised |
| traffic_sign=* | ? Optional | if there is also a traffic sign on the pole or shelter, what sign it is. See Key:traffic sign#Lists of IDs per country for values |
| advertising=* | ? Optional | the type of advesting present at the bus stop, usually on shelters |
| layer=* | ? Optional | For where the associated road is not at ground level. Essential with complex multi-level situations where there would otherwise be a doubt as to which road (or stop_position) it was associated. |
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See also
- amenity=bus_station - A bus station would usually be a terminus where many routes stop / start, and where you can change between routes, etc
- highway=platform - A platform at a bus stop or station
- public_transport=platform - The place where passengers are waiting for the public transport vehicles
- public_transport=stop_position - The position on the street or rails where a public transport vehicle stops
- bus_bay=* - A bus bay outside the main carriageway for boarding/alighting
- Buses - A form of public transport
- Routes - Used to describe routes of various kinds
- Public transport - Railways, buses, trams, etc.
- approved public transport schema
- NaPTAN/Import (a database of 360,000 bus stops in Great Britain)
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Related terms: ‹ bus stop ›