[Open-transport] Community coordinated list of all railway stations around the world

Sun Dec 30 12:52:43 UTC 2012

Oh we may have to send these guys an email ;)
http://www.uic.org/spip.php?article378

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Thomas <thomaskoch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Attached, these are sourced from the API of www.ns.nl, which to my best
> knowledge is pretty much open data as it gets. (Sttefan De Konink will
> correct me when wrong ;) )
> You will notice that some stations are located in the ocean, we've
> geo-referenced those at
> https://github.com/StichtingOpenGeo/Koppelvlakken/blob/master/iff/stops_positioned.txt
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert at okfn.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wow, I don't regret sending this mail at all ;)
>>
>> Could you send me/link me these files? I'd very much like to use these
>> as a starting point.
>>
>> Concerning the UCI codes, are these freely usable? I remember this
>> cannot be taken for granted (for instance, the zip codes in the UK were
>> a hassle).
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Pieter
>>
>> On 12/30/2012 01:15 PM, Thomas wrote:
>> > I wouldn't generate id's but rather use UCI codes.
>> > Dutch community can supply all of the Netherlands stations including UCI
>> > codes. That list also includes stations in Belgium, France, UK, Germany,
>> > Austria, Switzerland, where there is some link to or from the
>> Netherlands.
>> >
>> > <Station>
>> > <Code>FGSP</Code>
>> > <Type>stoptreinstation</Type>
>> > <Namen>
>> > <Kort>Gent St. P</Kort>
>> > <Middel>Gent St. Pieters</Middel>
>> > <Lang>Gent Sint Pieters</Lang>
>> > </Namen>
>> > <Land>B</Land>
>> > <UICCode>8892007</UICCode>
>> > <Lat>51.036175</Lat>
>> > <Lon>3.710847</Lon>
>> > <Synoniemen>
>> > </Synoniemen>
>> > </Station>
>> >
>> > Also we got a community-efforted list of platforms in NL.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Pieter Colpaert
>> > <pieter.colpaert at okfn.org <mailto:pieter.colpaert at okfn.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hi all,
>> >
>> >     A very simple problem: giving id's to railway stations around the
>> world
>> >     and adding the right names in different languages.
>> >
>> >     I'm thinking about creating a simple google drive spreadsheet for
>> every
>> >     country. Is this a ludicrous idea or does someone has a better
>> >     alternative?
>> >
>> >     Kind regards,
>> >
>> >     Pieter
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