Data Terminology Catalogue
BOLD Capitalised is the Term being described in a standards context.
RED is used to highlight the common language used by the public.
Layover points specify places, normally not public bus stops, where buses will wait between trips. They also specify for how long the bus will remain at that location.
Layover points can use 999 non-public stops where the public cannot board or alight the service. This may be because of a driver change or rest break for longer journeys.
A LINE is a collection of VEHICLE JOURNEYs (trips) that share some high degree of commonality of ROUTE and timings, and which are all known by the same LINE NAME.
Examples are “1”, “1B”, “100”, “calverton connection”, etc.
In the UK this is generally known as a bus route, or bus service, though the definition of LINE does not include the times.
LINE NAME is the public facing name of a LINE.