Hello All,
I have started to update information in my village and have been looking the bus stops that we have - I have already corrected some locations but looking to confirm what information tags are needed. From what I have looked up naptan tags are to do with this so I assume should be left alone.
An example would be Exeter Close which currently has:
bus=yes
departures_board=yes
highway=bus_stop
name=Exeter Close
naptan:AtcoCode=1500KEELER
naptan:Bearing=SW
naptan:CommonName=Exeter Close
naptan:Crossing=Exeter Close
naptan:Indicator=Opp
naptan:Landmark=Exeter Close
naptan:NaptanCode=esxjdawm
naptan:PlusbusZoneRef=CLCHSTR
naptan:Street=Keelers Way
naptan:verified=no
operator=Arriva;First
public_transport=platform
shelter=no
source=naptan_import
Are all of the tags strictly necessary as name and naptan:Common Name are effectively the same information?
Not sure if there is a specific place/forum I should be looking for answers so any help would be apprecated 
Cheers,
PT
If it helps, I tend to just leave NaPTAN tags alone and just change “naptan:verified=no” to “naptan:verified=yes” if I’ve verified that the stop is still there (maybe also moving it to a more accurate location). Some of the “odd codes” are still useful for various ways of finding “when is my next bus” by text or website, though I think that that varies around the country.
People who actually understand such things are more likely to be found via the talk-gb mailing list https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb (for whatever reason GB folks tend to be found more there rather than here). Another place to try is #osm-gb on IRC (see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC for more info about that). I know that an OSMer from Essex who’s done quite a lot of work with NaPTAN data is sometimes to be found there, although he’s not been around for a month or so.
Thank you for the response to my query.
I know what you mean about the odd codes (such as naptan:NaptanCode=esxjdawm). In Essex this appears to be a code you text to a number for bus times, I tried it once many many years ago and said the stop I was at didn’t exist 
I’ll look to verify the NaPTAN data as you say (quite easy for my local village) and try to ensure other manually added data is as accurate as it can be.