Key:railway:ref

Internal abbreviation of the object, not to be used for informal names or positions.

Examples of objects

• railway=station. This tag is used for railway station codes used by railway companies. For example, Dresden Hbf Dresden Hbf has the station code DH (see List_of_Deutsche_Bahn_station_codes on Wikipedia) and therefore has the tag railway:ref=DH. As another example, Bruxelles-Midi - Brussel-Zuid Bruxelles-Midi - Brussel-Zuid station has railway:ref=FBMZ while its UIC station code is uic_ref=8800004.
• railway=yard
• railway=level_crossing
• railway=owner_change
• railway=border
• railway=signal_box
• railway=service_station
• railway=junction
• railway=crossover

Rendering

This tag is used in OpenRailwayMap to show station codes at low zoom levels.

See also

• ref:crs=* UK specific tag for railway station references.