WikiProject Belgium/Conventions/Bus stops
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Bus stops
WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/Bus_and_tram_lines
Belgian transport companies
There are 3 transport companies in Belgium.
- De Lijn is divided in 5 entities, but they (mostly) assign only 1 reference number to each stop. The number is shown prominently on the stop sign.
- STIB/MIVB is unitary. The number is visible on a sticker on the stop post itself, between the two metal plaques of the stop sign
- TEC is subdivided in 6 divisions which each assign their own reference numbers. The number can be found at the bottom of the timetable.
Stops served by two or more operators should be grouped into one single bus stop in OSM. As a consequence, ref=*, route_ref=* and zone=* require suffixes to indicate the operator. There are several cases where each operator assigns a different name to the stop—TEC and De Lijn rarely provide a translation for stops they serve outside of their own region. To solve this, name=* can also have a suffix to identify how each operator names it.
| network | full | ref | operator | full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBXL | - | - | STIB/MIVB | Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles - Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel |
| DLWV | De Lijn West-Vlaanderen | (50xxxx) | De Lijn | |
| DLOV | De Lijn Oost-Vlaanderen | (20xxxx) | De Lijn | |
| DLAn | De Lijn Antwerpen | (10xxxx) | De Lijn | |
| DLLi | De Lijn Limburg | (40xxxx) | De Lijn | |
| DLVB | De Lijn Vlaams-Brabant | (30xxxx) | De Lijn | |
| TECB | TEC Brabant-Wallon | (B.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
| TECN | TEC Namur | (N.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
| TECL | TEC Liège-Verviers | (L.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
| TECX | TEC Luxembourg | (X.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
| TECC | TEC Charleroi | (C.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
| TECH | TEC Hainaut | (H.....) | TEC | Transports en Commun |
Bus or tram stop
| Tags | Example |
|---|---|
| public_transport=platform | platform |
| bus=yes | |
| tram=yes | |
| name=general name of the bus or tram stop or (in Brussels) a bilingual name | Porte de Hal - Hallepoort |
| not_served_by=410;411 | Optional tag for situations where buses pass in front of a stop but don’t serve it. Frequent situation for express routes but also near interchange stations. This helps human editors to quickly see that having a route relation passing on the road without using the bus stop is not a mistake. And it makes it possible to script quality control checks. |
| route_ref=7;8;71;E11 | Alphabetically-ordered list of all routes expected at this stop. If all routes are properly mapped, this should match the list of relations that include the stop. |
| shelter=yes | yes/no |
| bench=yes | yes |
| bin=yes | yes |
STIB/MIVB
Every bus stop has a name and a unique number xxxx (4 digits, or 4 digits and a letter). Use name:fr and name:nl tags when French and Dutch names are different.
The operator sometimes gives several numbers for the same stop: this happens when a route serves the same stop in both directions, or for platforms that host both tram and bus routes. In such a case, use a dual value with the ";" separator.
| Tags | Example |
|---|---|
| operator=;-separated list containing STIB/MIVB | STIB/MIVB |
| network=;-separated list containing IBXL | IBXL |
| ref:STIB_MIVB=xxxx | 1129;6354 |
| route_ref=7;8 | 8 |
De Lijn
Every bus stop has a name, a unique number x0xxxx , and a zone-number yy.
| Tags | Example |
|---|---|
| name:De_Lijn=name De Lijn assigned to the bus or tram stop, if different from name | Hallepoort |
| ref:De_Lijn=303017 | 303017 |
| operator=;-separated list containing De Lijn | De Lijn |
| network=;-separated list containing DLWV;DLOV;DLAn;DLLi;DLVB | DLVB |
| route_ref:De_Lijn=7;8;9 | 7;8;9 |
| zone:De_Lijn=18 | 18 |
TEC
Every bus stop has a name, a unique code, a zone-number of which only the last 2 digits are visible to the public.
| Tags | Example |
|---|---|
| name:TEC=name TEC assigned to the bus or tram stop, if different from name | Porte de Hal |
| ref:TECB=ref TEC Brabant-Wallon assigned to the bus or tram stop | B..... |
| ref:TECC=ref TEC Charleroi assigned to the bus or tram stop | C..... |
| ref:TECH=ref TEC Hainaut assigned to the bus or tram stop | H..... |
| ref:TECL=ref TEC Liège-Verviers assigned to the bus stop | L..... |
| ref:TECN=ref TEC Namur assigned to the bus stop | N..... |
| ref:TECX=ref TEC Luxembourg assigned to the bus stop | X..... |
| operator=;-separated list containing TEC | TEC |
| network=;-separated list containing one of several of TECB;TECC;TECH;TECL;TECN;TECX | TECB |
| route_ref:TEC?=see relations | 10;11;12a;17;18 |
| zone:TEC=XXXX | 5163 |
Bus station
| Tags | Description |
|---|---|
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The service ways where only the buses may ride: optional: |
Relations to tie it all together
Stop area relation
A stop is one physical location used by public transport vehicles. If there are bus stops on both sides of the road, they should be treated as two separate stops. Same if there are multiple stops one after each other, each serving a different bus route.
If there are more than one object associated with a particular stop, you may want to group them into a relation.
Create a relation including the various PT-related objects:
The members of the stop_area relation will be:
| Element | Role | Presence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
  
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 platform
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! Required | The stop itself, i.e. main object containing the name, ref, etc. and used in route relations |
|
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platform
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? Optional | The platform way/area, i.e. physical space along the road where passengers will be waiting |
|
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stop
|
! Required | The stop position node, i.e. a node attached to the road that has public_transport=stop_position, this is where the vehicle actually stops |
|
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? Optional | Shelter (if there is more than one, add all of them) | |
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? Optional | Waste basket (if there is more than one, add all of them) | |
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? Optional | Ticket-vending machine (if there is more than one, add all of them) | |
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? Optional | Station entrances (for metro or premetro stations, typically), tagged with railway=subway_entrance |
Bus station relation
| Tags | Description |
|---|---|
|
type=site |
Transport interchanges
Despite public_transport=stop_area_group relations are considered to be deprecated, some mappers have requested to keep them on major interchanges, primarily major subway stations where transfers are possible (such as Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet in Brussels). Such relations should contain public_transport=stop_area relations with no roles.