Key:disused:railway
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 disused:railway
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A section of railway which is no longer used but where the track and infrastructure remain in place. 
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A railway feature which is no longer used but where the track or other infrastructure remain in place.
Also see the more common tag railway=disused for disused railway tracks.
How to map?
Stations and halts
Add the tag disused:railway=station to a node or area for a disused station, or the tag disused:railway=halt for a disused halt. The prefix disused:=* is used because the feature is no longer function as a station or halt.
Disused rail tracks
- Some mappers use disused:railway=rail/light_rail/subway/tram for the tracks of a disused railway.
However, the tag railway=disused is significantly more common for this feature
- Some mappers use both railway=disused + disused:railway=rail/light_rail/subway/tram; this scheme maintains compatibility for database users that do not support the lifecycle prefixes for railways.
- Some mappers only use disused:railway=* without railway=disused
As of mid-2019 the tag railway=disused is about 5 times more common than disused:railway=* on ways, and in the past year twice as many railway=disused features have been added to the database.
Common values
Railway tracks:
- disused:railway=rail
- disused:railway=light_rail
- disused:railway=subway
- disused:railway=tram
Other infrastructure:
- disused:railway=station
- disused:railway=halt
Rendering
- Displayed on OpenRailwayMap with a brown solid line
See also
- railway=disused - more common tag for disused railway tracks
- railway=abandoned - common tag for abandoned railways, where the tracks have been removed but other traces remain
- abandoned:railway=* - for abandoned railway stations, halts and possibly tracks, which are in disrepair