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Originally posted by RVRodie
Just looked here in the USA. Train stations are listed, but under Ground Transportation.
Don't know anyone who has actually ridden one 
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The logic and thoroughness of the POI database is a mystery. The American national passenger train system is called AMTRAK. Looking in my neck of the woods, I know Amtrak has scheduled stops in El Paso, Texas; Deming and Lordsburg, New Mexico; Benson, Tucson, Maricopa, and Yuma, Arizona. The POI only lists Tucson. There are actual physical stations in El Paso and in Maricopa. The others only have small shelters for waiting passengers. El Paso and Maricopa are not listed. But Phoenix, Arizona is. There is a station there but no train. The train does not go to Phoenix anymore. Hasn't for 10 years. But you can go to the station to catch a bus to catch the train.
The criteria for Transit Services versus Ground Transportation are also shrouded in mystery. Taxicabs, ambulances, shuttles, and et cetera are listed in Transit Service. Intercity buses are not. In my town, intercity bus depots are called Transit Centers but are listed in Ground Transportation. Intracity buses (sometimes called the Greyhound monopoly) are listed in both, sometimes. In one or the other, sometimes. And of course we should not forget listed in some cities not at all.
Ragman
No railway stations on POI's?
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