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railway
Description
Used for railways and railway infrastructure.
Group:
railways
Used on these
elements
Documented values:
54
Useful combination
bridge
=*
electrified
=*
operator
=*
usage
=*
service
=*
bridge
=*
tunnel
=*
landuse
railway
Status:
de facto
railway
More details at tag
info
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CH
CN
CZ
DE
DK
FI
FR
GB
GR
HU
IE (N+S)
IN
IR
IT
LI
LU
JP
KP
KR
NL
NO
PL
PT
RU
ES
AR
MX
CO
BO
CL
EC
PY
PE
UY
VE
TW
UA
US
VN
overpass-turbo
QLever
Postpass via overpass-turbo
OSM Tag History
railway
=*
is used to tag rails and infrastructure for many kinds of
railways
including light rail, mainline freight and industrial railways,
metros
, monorails and
trams
Contents
Values
1.1
Tracks
1.2
Additional track features or attributes
1.3
Stations and stops
1.4
Infrastructure
Possible tagging mistakes
Values
There are a lot more values for
railway
=*
. They are documented at
OpenRailwayMap/Tagging
and the
documentation of country-specific tagging
(especially signals and other infrastructure which differ from country to country).
Key
Value
Element
Comment
Rendering carto
Photo
Tracks
railway
abandoned
The course of a former railway which has been abandoned and
the track removed
. The course is still recognized through embankments, cuttings, tree rows, bridges, tunnels, remaining track ties, building shapes and rolling or straight ways. Demolished rails that are no longer identifiable are better mapped in
OpenHistoricalMap
(they are controversial in OSM).
railway
construction
Railway under construction.
railway
proposed
Railway being proposed but haven't started construction. Please see the
proposed
page regarding verifiability on the ground of this value.
railway
disused
A section of railway which is no longer used but where the track and infrastructure remains in place. The track is likely overgrown with endemic vegetation, but could be brought back into useful service with only minor effort.
railway
funicular
Cable driven inclined railways on a steep slope, with a pair of cars connected by one cable
railway
light_rail
A higher-standard tram system, normally in its own right-of-way. Often it connects towns and thus reaches a considerable length (tens of kilometres).
railway
miniature
Miniature railways
are narrower than narrow gauge and carry passengers, frequently at an exact scale of "standard-sized" rail (for example "1/4 scale"). They can often be found in parks.
railway
monorail
A railway with only a single rail. A monorail can run above the rail like in Las Vegas and
Disneyland
or can suspend below the rail like the
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
(Germany).
Monorail in Kuala Lumpur
railway
narrow_gauge
Narrow-gauge passenger or freight train tracks. Narrow gauge railways can have mainline railway service like the
Rhaetian Railway
in Switzerland or can be a small light industrial railway. Use
gauge
=*
to specify the actual width of rails in mm.
railway
preserved
This is the old tag for historic trains. Use
railway:preserved
yes
for historical railway instead.
railway
rail
Full sized passenger or freight train tracks in the standard gauge for the country or state.
railway
subway
A city passenger rail service running mostly grade separated (see
Wikipedia:rapid transit
). Often a significant portion of the line or its system/network is underground.
railway
tram
One or two carriage rail vehicle tracks, usually sharing motor road, sometimes called "street running" (
Other languages
).
Additional track features or attributes
bridge
yes
If the railway goes over a street, waterway or other railway on an elevated structure.
cutting
yes
A section where the railway is significantly lower than ground level, but not underground.
electrified
contact_line
rail
yes
no
contact_line: a power line over the train head
rail: a third rail near the track supplying the train with power
yes: electrified track, but no details available
no: track with no power supply.
embankment
yes
A section where the railway is raised significantly higher than ground level.
embedded_rails
yes /
Specifies that a highway on which non-railway traffic is also allowed has railway tracks embedded in it but the rails are mapped as separate ways.
frequency
number
> [Hz]
The frequency with which a line is electrified. Use 0 for DC. Also see the voltage tag.
passenger_lines
number
Used to describe number of tracks of the railway line a certain track segment belongs to.
railway:track_ref
number
Track number
service
crossover
Relatively short lengths of track which switch traffic from one parallel line to another
service
siding
Relatively short lengths of track, running parallel to (and connected to) a main route
service
spur
Relatively short lengths of track, built to give one company or entity access to a main or branch line.
service
yard
Tracks within railway company operated marshalling or maintenance yards.
tunnel
yes
If the railway goes below ground. Most subways have this tag.
tracks
number
Number of parallel tracks in close proximity
when mapped as one single way representing all tracks
. If not given means
unknown
and defaults to 1. In many parts of the world the tracks are being drawn out separately so that there is more detail, in which case this tag isn't used.
usage
main
branch
industrial
military
tourism
scientific
test
main line: heavy traffic
branch line: connecting places with a mainline
industrial: servicing large plants (iron, chemical etc.), surface mining, …
military: servicing military area
tourism: most mountain rails (rack-rails, funicular) and preserved railways
scientific: rail transport at spaceports, large array telescopes, etc.
test: track for testing new wheels, rails, tracks and rail technologies.
voltage
number
The voltage with which a line is electrified. Also see the frequency tag.
Stations
and stops
railway
halt
A small station without switches
public_transport
stop_position
The position on the railway track where the train (its centre) stops at a platform. This is useful for routing on long platforms where also short trains stop and on long platforms where multiple trains stop behind each other. See also
public_transport
stop_area
public_transport
platform
This is parallel to the rail line for showing where the actual platforms are. It is also to know where you can change platform and enter the station, so use footpaths to connect them. This is really useful for routing too. Use only if the platform is served by public transport.
railway
platform
This is parallel to the rail line for showing where the actual platforms are. It is also to know where you can change platform and enter the station, so use footpaths to connect them. This is really useful for routing too. Use in addition to
public_transport
platform
public_transport
station
Railway
passenger-only
station.
railway
station
Railway
passenger and/or cargo
station. Use in addition to
public_transport
station
railway
stop
Marks the position where trains stop at a station. It should be added as a node on a railway=rail way.
railway
subway_entrance
The entrance to a subway station, usually going from surface to underground.
railway
tram_stop
A tram stop is a place where a passenger can embark / disembark a tram.
Infrastructure
landuse
railway
Ground used around railways and railwaystations.
railway
buffer_stop
Stops the train at the end of a track. See
buffer stop
railway
crossing
A point where pedestrians may cross.
railway
derail
A device used to prevent fouling of a rail track by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. See
Derail (railroad)
railway
level_crossing
A point where rails and roads cross.
railway
railway_crossing
Crossing rails with no interconnection.
railway
roundhouse
A semicircular building with many stalls for servicing engines.
railway
signal
Any kind of railway signal.
railway
switch
Full connections between railways (aka 'points').
railway
tram_level_crossing
A point where trams and roads cross.
railway
traverser
These are used for changing trains between railways. Also known as transfer table.
railway
turntable
These are used for changing the direction that part of a train is pointing in.
: —
railway
ventilation_shaft
A structure that allows ventilation in underground tunnels
railway
wash
A railroad carriage/car wash
railway
water_crane
A structure to deliver water to steam locomotives
railway
workshop
Repair shop' for (rail) rolling stock' is a place where maintenance or overhaul of these vehicles (rail vehicles, metro, tram, light rail, monorail) is carried out. It should be added as a area on a building=yes.
railway
user defined
All commonly used values
according to
Taginfo
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English.
Editable here
Possible tagging mistakes
transport
subway
$1%
$1%
$1%
$1%
More details at tag
info
transport=subway
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railway
razed
, but this is controversial.
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