This theme includes sites associated with movement of passengers and goods by rail.
| Functional site | Description |
|---|---|
All rail transport sites will be captured as indicated below unless they fall out of scope; for example, a private property labelled as ‘Railway Station Bungalow’.
The following features are included in the captured extent:
Station buildings
Station shelters
Platform areas
Access roads and paths
Station footbridges and associated structures
Station car parks
Areas of man-made and natural surface surrounded by included areas
Areas of man-made and natural surface abutting included areas along a non-obstructing edge The following features are not included in the captured extent:
Railway buildings (for example, signal boxes and maintenance huts)
Railway track areas (made-way)
Man-made and natural areas alongside tracks
Public roads and footpaths
It is important to note that functional sites in the rail transport theme are often not contiguous and may be constrained of the structure of polygons in the Topography Layer.
Railway station
A feature by a light railway network or railway network where a light rail vehicle or train may stop to pick up goods or passengers.
Vehicular rail terminal
A facility where freight vehicles may be transferred to or from the rail network.
Tram station
A stop/station for trams. Tram systems are defined as light rail systems with some shared running over roads.