diff --git a/profiles/car.lua b/profiles/car.lua
index f67b29927..883633a6f 100644
--- a/profiles/car.lua
+++ b/profiles/car.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Handlers = require("lib/way_handlers")
 Relations = require("lib/relations")
 find_access_tag = require("lib/access").find_access_tag
 limit = require("lib/maxspeed").limit
+Utils = require("lib/utils")
 
 function setup()
   return {
@@ -398,22 +399,55 @@ function process_way(profile, way, result, relations)
   WayHandlers.run(profile, way, result, data, handlers, relations)
 
   -- now process relations data
-  local data = Relations.Merge(relations)
-  local direction = data["route_direction"]
-  if direction then
-    if result.ref then
-      if result.ref:len() > 0 then
-        result.ref = result.ref .. ' ' .. direction
+  local matched_refs = nil;
+  if result.ref then
+    matched_refs = Relations.MatchToRef(relations, result.ref)
+
+    local ref = ''
+    for k ,v in pairs(matched_refs) do
+      if ref ~= '' then
+        ref = ref .. '; '
+      end
+
+      if v then
+        ref = ref .. k .. ' $' .. v
       else
-        result.ref = direction
+        print(ref)
+        ref = ref .. k
       end
     end
+
+    result.ref = ref
+    -- count = 0
+    -- for k, v in pairs(matched_refs) do
+    --   count = count + 1
+    -- end
+    -- if count > 1 then
+    --   print('---', way:id())
+    --   for k, v in pairs(matched_refs) do
+    --     print(k, v)
+    --   end
+    -- end
   end
+
+
 end
 
 function process_relation(profile, relation, result)
   local t = relation:get_value_by_key("type")
 
+  function add_extra_data(m)
+    local name = relation:get_value_by_key("name")
+    if name then
+      result[m]["route_name"] = name
+    end
+
+    local ref = relation:get_value_by_key("ref")
+    if ref then
+      result[m]["route_ref"] = ref
+    end
+  end
+
   if t == "route" then
     local route = relation:get_value_by_key("route")
     if route == "road" then
@@ -422,6 +456,7 @@ function process_relation(profile, relation, result)
         local role = string.lower(m:role())
         if role == "north" or role == "south" or role == "west" or role == "east" then
           result[m]["route_direction"] = role
+          add_extra_data(m)
         end
       end
     end
@@ -433,6 +468,7 @@ function process_relation(profile, relation, result)
         for _, m in ipairs(relation:members()) do
           if m:role() == "forward" then
             result[m]["route_direction"] = direction
+            add_extra_data(m)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/profiles/lib/relations.lua b/profiles/lib/relations.lua
index f789a6dcb..30f27a27b 100644
--- a/profiles/lib/relations.lua
+++ b/profiles/lib/relations.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 -- You can run a selection you find useful in your profile,
 -- or do you own processing if/when required.
 
+Utils = require('lib/utils')
+
 Relations = {}
 
 function Relations.Merge(relations)
@@ -17,4 +19,82 @@ function Relations.Merge(relations)
   return result
 end
 
+-- match ref values to relations data
+function Relations.MatchToRef(relations, ref)
+
+  function calculate_scores(refs, tag_value)
+    local tag_tokens = Set(Utils.tokenize_common(tag_value))
+    local result = {}
+    for i, r in ipairs(refs) do
+      local ref_tokens = Utils.tokenize_common(r)
+      local score = 0
+
+      for _, t in ipairs(ref_tokens) do
+        if tag_tokens[t] then
+          if Utils.is_number(t) then
+            score = score + 2
+          else
+            score = score + 1
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      result[r] = score
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+
+  local references = Utils.string_list_tokens(ref)
+  local result_match = {}
+
+  for _, r in ipairs(references) do
+    result_match[r] = nil
+  end
+
+  for _, rel in ipairs(relations) do
+    local name_scores = nil
+    local name_tokens = {}
+    local route_name = rel["route_name"]
+    if route_name then
+      name_scores = calculate_scores(references, route_name)
+    end
+
+    local ref_scores = nil
+    local ref_tokens = {}
+    local route_ref = rel["route_ref"]
+    if route_ref then
+      ref_scores = calculate_scores(references, route_ref)
+    end
+
+    -- merge scores
+    local direction = rel["route_direction"]
+    if direction then
+      local best_score = -1
+      local best_ref = nil
+      
+      function find_best(scores)
+        if scores then
+          for k ,v in pairs(scores) do
+            if v > best_score then
+              best_ref = k
+              best_score = v
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      find_best(name_scores)
+      find_best(ref_scores)
+      
+      if best_ref then
+        result_match[best_ref] = direction
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  return result_match
+end
+
 return Relations
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diff --git a/profiles/lib/utils.lua b/profiles/lib/utils.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cc8157be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/lib/utils.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- Profile functions to implement common algorithms of data processing
+--
+-- You can run a selection you find useful in your profile,
+-- or do you own processing if/when required.
+
+Utils = {}
+
+-- split string 'a; b; c' to table with values ['a', 'b', 'c']
+-- so it use just one separator ';'
+function Utils.string_list_tokens(str)
+  result = {}
+  local idx = 0
+  for s in str.gmatch(str, "([^;]*)") do
+    if s ~= nil and s ~= '' then
+      idx = idx + 1
+      table.insert(result, idx, (s:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")))
+    end
+  end
+
+  return result
+end
+
+-- same as Utils.StringListTokens, but with many possible separators:
+-- ',' | ';' | ' '| '(' | ')'
+function Utils.tokenize_common(str)
+  result = {}
+  local idx = 0
+  for s in str.gmatch(str, "%S+") do
+    if s ~= nil and s ~= '' then
+      idx = idx + 1
+      table.insert(result, idx, (s:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1")))
+    end
+  end
+
+  return result
+end
+
+-- returns true, if string contains a number
+function Utils.is_number(str)
+  return (tonumber(str) ~= nil)
+end
+
+return Utils
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