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|key=railway
|key=railway
|value=abandoned
|value=abandoned
|lang=en
|image=File:Abandoned_railway_line.jpg
|image=File:Abandoned_railway_line.jpg
|description=abandoned rails; track has been removed and the line may have been reused or left to decay
|description=abandoned rails; track has been removed and the line may have been reused or left to decay
|onNode=yes
|status=unknown}}
|onWay=yes
{{tag stub}}
|onArea=yes
|onRelation=no
|lang=en
|combination=*{{Key|cutting}}
*{{Key|embankment}}
*{{Tag|barrier|hedge_bank}}
*{{Key|highway}}
|implies=
|seeAlso=*{{Tag|railway|dismantled}}
* {{Tag|railway|disused}}
|status=In Use
}}

A tag to map former railways, where the rails have been removed but the route is still visible in some way.

If the rails are still in place use {{Tag|railway|disused}} instead.


If it is impossible to guess the former route use {{Tag|railway|dismantled}} instead.
See [[Railway#Life-cycle]]


== see also ==
== see also ==
* {{Tag|railway|razed}}
* {{Tag|railway|disused}}
* {{Tag|railway|dismantled}}
* [[Railway#Life-cycle]]


[[Category:Railway tags in English]]
[[Category:Railway tags in English]]

Revision as of 14:10, 18 June 2013

Public-images-osm logo.svg railway = abandoned
Description
abandoned rails; track has been removed and the line may have been reused or left to decay Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: railways
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: in use

A tag to map former railways, where the rails have been removed but the route is still visible in some way.

If the rails are still in place use railway=disused instead.

If it is impossible to guess the former route use railway=dismantled instead.

see also