8 Example 8: Railway Station with Bus and Taxi
Map courtesy of Dr Hans Mentz, MDV from SELTA region data
Figure 017 - Example 8: Railway Station Interchange.
Note - the phrase "Farnham Station" should not appear in the common name for the bus stops on Tilford Road or Waverley Lane
Railway stations are usually not only stop points in their own right, but also important interchange points. In NaPTAN a station always consists of at least of two points; an access area, and a main entrance, and very often includes also one or more adjacent bus stops and a taxi rank. Figure 017 shows an example for 'Farnham Station'; there are three pairs of bus stops in the vicinity which can usefully be associated with the station. Note that the Stop Area for the station Group is created centrally as part of the 910 data set, and so has a different AtcoAreaCode to the other groups.
- Rail - 'GRLS''
- Farnham Rail Station - Access Area 'RLY'
- Farnham Rail Station - Main Entrance on Station Approach. 'RSE'
- Farnham Rail Station - Tilford Road Entrance. 'RSE'
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- Bus
- 'Station Approach' Pair - 'GPBS''
- Station Approach East Side.
- Station Approach West Side.
- 'Waverley Lane' Pair - 'GPBS'
- Waverley Lane E-bound.
- Waverley Lane W-bound.
- 'Tilford Road' Pair - 'GPBS''
- Tilford Road SE-bound.
- Tilford Road NW-bound.
- Taxi
- Farnham Rail Station - Taxi Rank 'TXR'
Figure 018 shows a possible hierarchy - a stop area is used for each group of stops, and a Rail Station stop area (GRLS) clusters the whole ensemble.
Figure 018 - Example 9: Stop Hierarchy for Farnham Station