diff --git a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatter.java b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatter.java
index d365632b180..611377952c6 100644
--- a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatter.java
+++ b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatter.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public static void unregisterFormatHook(NameFormatterHook hook) {
     private static final String[] DEFAULT_NAMING_TAGS_FOR_RELATIONS = {
             "name",
             "ref",
+            "from-to",
             //
             "amenity",
             "landuse",
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ private static StringBuilder formatRelationNameAndType(IRelation<?> relation, St
             result.append(" (").append(relationName).append(", ");
         } else {
             preset.nameTemplate.appendText(result, (TemplateEngineDataProvider) relation);
-            result.append('(');
+            result.append(" (");
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -412,6 +413,10 @@ public Comparator<IRelation<?>> getRelationComparator() {
     private static String getRelationTypeName(IRelation<?> relation) {
         // see https://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/osm/applications/editors/josm/i18n/specialmessages.java
         String name = trc("Relation type", relation.get("type"));
+        if (relation.hasTag("type", "route") && relation.hasKey("route")) {
+            String route = trc("Route type", relation.get("route"));
+            name = route + " " + name;
+        }
         if (name == null) {
             name = relation.hasKey("public_transport") ? tr("public transport") : null;
         }
@@ -447,6 +452,12 @@ private static String getRelationTypeName(IRelation<?> relation) {
     private static String getNameTagValue(IRelation<?> relation, String nameTag) {
         if ("name".equals(nameTag)) {
             return formatLocalName(relation);
+        } else if ("from-to".equals(nameTag)) {
+            String from = trcLazy("from", I18n.escape(relation.get("from")));
+            String to = trcLazy("to", I18n.escape(relation.get("to")));
+            if (from != null || to != null)
+                return (from != null ? from : "?") + "-" + (to != null ? to : "?");
+            return null;
         } else if (":LocationCode".equals(nameTag)) {
             return relation.keys()
                     .filter(m -> m.endsWith(nameTag))
diff --git a/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatterTest.java b/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatterTest.java
index 3c1ae6e431c..d813b348809 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatterTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/DefaultNameFormatterTest.java
@@ -102,8 +102,16 @@ void testRelationName() {
                 getFormattedRelationName("X=Y"));
         assertEquals("relation (\"Foo\", 0 members)",
                 getFormattedRelationName("name=Foo"));
-        assertEquals("route (\"123\", 0 members)",
+        assertEquals("tram route (\"123\", 0 members)",
                 getFormattedRelationName("type=route route=tram ref=123"));
+        assertEquals("bus route (\"foo\", 0 members)",
+                getFormattedRelationName("type=route route=bus from=a to=b name=foo"));
+        assertEquals("bus route (\"a-b\", 0 members)",
+                getFormattedRelationName("type=route route=bus from=a to=b"));
+        assertEquals("bus route (\"a-?\", 0 members)",
+                getFormattedRelationName("type=route route=bus from=a"));
+        assertEquals("bus route (\"?-b\", 0 members)",
+                getFormattedRelationName("type=route route=bus to=b"));
         assertEquals("multipolygon (\"building\", 0 members)",
                 getFormattedRelationName("type=multipolygon building=yes"));
         assertEquals("multipolygon (\"123\", 0 members)",