NaPTAN Stop & Stop Area Types

 

  1. NaPTAN Stop Type & Area Matrix
  2. NaPTAN Stop Types
  3. NaPTAN Stop Area Types

NaPTAN Stop Type & Stop Area Matrix

The fundamental entities of the NaPTAN model are stop points and stop areas. There are a number of different types of stop point and stop area,  each assigned a short code, and a number of subtypes of stop point, also assigned a short code. The following matrix shows

  • The three letter codes used to identify the different types of NaPTAN stop point.
  • The three letter codes used to identify the different types of NaPTAN bus stop subtypes.
  • The four letter codes used to identify the different types of NaPTAN stop area.

it also shows whether the stop point identifier is allocated from a national or local range.

Stop Point Type Stop Area
Group Mode Description Entrance Access Area Bay/ Pole Sub Type Primary Area

Off Street

 Air Airport AIR
(adm)		    GAT
(920)		   GAIR
(adm)
Ferry Ferry / Port FTD
(adm)		 FER
(930)		 FBT
(930)		   GFTD
(adm)
Rail Rail Station RSE
(adm)		 RLY
(910)		 RPL
(910)		   GRLS
Metro
&
Tram		 Metro Station TMU
(adm)		 MET
(940)		 PLT
(940)		   GTMU
(adm)
Bus & Coach Bus or Coach Station BCE
(adm)		 BST
(900)		 BCQ
(adm)		  

GBCS
(adm)
    BCS
(adm)		 MKD

On Street

Bus

Bus Coach on Street

 

 

BCT
(adm)

 MKD GBPS,
(adm) GCLS,
(adm)
GCCH
(900)
CUS
HAR
FLX
Taxi Taxi Rank TXR
(adm)		        
  Shared Taxi Rank STR
(adm)		        

NaPTAN Stop Types

The following table shows  the NaAPTAN stop types

  STR AIR GAT FER FBT
Value Description Nat   Mode Type
BCT

On-street Bus / Coach / Tram Stop

   On street

BusCoach

 MarkedPoint 1.0
  UnmarkedPoint 1.0

 

HailAndRide

 1.0

 

FlexibleZone

 2.0
TXR

Taxi Rank (head of).

 

Taxi

TaxiRank

 1.0
Shared Taxi Rank (head of).   Shared TaxiRank 1.0
Airport Entrance.  

Off street

Air

Entrance

 1.0
Airport Interchange Area. 920 AccessArea 1.1
FTD

Ferry Terminal / Dock Entrance.

 

Ferry / Ship

 Entrance 1.0

Ferry or Port Interchange Area

930

 AccessArea 1.0

Ferry or Port Berth.  

930

Berth

 1.2
RSE

Rail Station Entrance.

 

Rail

Entrance

 1.0
RLY

Railway Interchange Area.

910

AccessArea

 1.0
RPL Railway Platform .   910 Platform 1.2
TMU Tram / Metro / Underground Entrance.  

Tram / Metro

 Entrance 1.0
MET Underground or Metro Interchange Area.  940 AccessArea 1.2
PLT Underground or Metro platform   Platform 1.0
BCE Bus / Coach Station Entrance.

 

BusCoach

 Entrance 1.0
BST Bus Coach Station Access Area. 900 AccessArea 1.0
BCS Bus / Coach bay / stand / stance within Bus / Coach Stations.   Bay 1.0
BCQ Bus Coach Station Variable Bay.    VariableBay 2.0

NaPTAN Stop Area Types

The following are the NaPTAN Stop Area types (also known as group types).

Value Description Use
GAIR

Airport Building.

  
GFTD

Ferry Terminal or Dock Building

  
GRLS Rail Station.  
GTMU Tram / Metro / Underground Station.  
GBCS Bus / Coach Station.  

GCCH

Coach Service Coverage  

 New V2.0

GCLS

 On-street Bus / Coach / Tram stops cluster (more than two stops in the same general location).  

GPBS

 On-street Bus/ Coach / Tram stop pair (one in each direction).  
(GMLT) Multimode Interchange DEPRECATED 2.0
(GOTH) Other Interchange. DEPRECATED 2.0

 
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