3.14.1. The rules for drawing ground transport stations

Techniques for drawing and editing rapid tram line sections (including circular sections) are similar to the techniques for drawing and editing all linear items on YME (see these sections):

Do not draw sections of tram lines in depots, track and overhead wire maintenance services, repair facilities, and servicing centers. This rule also applies to former depots, track and overhead wire maintenance services, repair facilities, servicing centers, and so on.

Draw the tracks up to the depot gate.

If there is no gate and it is difficult to identify where the depot begins, draw tracks up to the first tram switch in the internal area.

If tracks from different directions pass through the same gate and merge into one within 10 meters after the gate inside the territory, you can draw them up to the point where they merge.

If trams carrying passengers pass through the depot, you can draw their tracks as tram line sections. If tram traffic through the depot stops, delete the tracks after deleting all the public transport route options.

Draw tram lines using one line.

Exceptions:

• Tram tracks that form circles can be drawn using more than one line:

  

• Passing sidings on single-track tram lines are drawn without restrictions:

  

  

• Tram tracks located on different sides of the same roadway are drawn using separate lines:

  

  

When mapping tram tracks, the point where they connect must match the location of switch mechanisms. If those mechanisms cannot be distinguished in the satellite photo, draw the connection point in the approximate place where they may be located.

If on double-track tram lines, switches on different tracks are located at a distance from each other, draw their point at a switch point (where a tram may diverge onto one of the two routes).

For the use of tram lines when drawing light rail items, see section 3.13.1.4.1. LRT Systems.

You can draw decommissioned tram line fragments using the “Tram tracks” type even if they're negligibly small.

Decorative tram line fragments that have never been used for tram traffic (for example, rails that are a monument or part of a monument) should not be drawn as tram tracks (you can add them to the map in the Locations layer).

You can draw transport stops on YME regardless of whether or not they are equipped for passengers to embark or disembark. When drawing stops, the actual location takes priority over the information provided in registries, websites, and so on.

If you don't know the actual location of a stop in a rural area, you should draw at least one stop for each rural settlement on or near a transport's route, even if no actual stops exist there (see section 3.14.1.2.1.2.2).

If the distance between stops is more than 30 meters, they are always drawn as standalone items. Nearby stops less than 30 meters apart should also be drawn as standalone items if they are separated by a road (class 1—9) or a difficult-to-pass roadblock (such as fences, buildings, or underpasses).

Otherwise, all nearby stops share one placemark.

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3.14.1.2.1.2.1

Draw unequipped stops if the following are true:

• It has an official route sign with the name of the stop

• The stop is included in official route schedules and that's where the transport actually stops.

• The route section does not contain any equipped stops and transport only stops when prompted to. In this case you should put stops in the most popular locations for passengers to get on and off (e.g. major intersections, squares, close to shopping centers, etc.) and keep them at least 300 meters apart.

Put the placemark for an unequipped transport stop where the signage is located (if there is no signage, then on the curb.

3.14.1.2.1.2.2

If a suburban route (or an inter-city route that acts as a suburban route or has suburban sections) passes through a locality without any equipped stops, and the closest equipped stop is at least 1 km away from the actual stop, a stop should be drawn for this locality.

If you don't know location of a bus stop, draw it near a large turn, intersection, store, or any other location with high passenger traffic.

If you're absolutely sure that a bus doesn't actually stop in the locality (despite register and bus station data saying otherwise), don't draw the stop there.

Note.

Inter-city routes can act like suburban routes in cases when suburban service is canceled or hindered and passengers have to resort to inter-city transport to travel within the area.

Draw tram stops at the spot where passengers wait for the tram to arrive.

If passengers board the tram in the middle of the road, but the waiting area is located at the curb, then draw the stop at the curb.

If the waiting area for the tram is combined with the waiting area for other types of transport, then you do not need to draw a separate stop for the tram.

You can also draw the following public transport stops:

Don't draw public transport stops in cases where they only exist in a time-table, but there is no actual infrastructure in the area so that transportation vehicles skip them.