Tag:railway=milestone

railway = milestone
Description
A stone or metal marker along a railway denoting the distance traveled. Error creating thumbnail:
Group: railways
Used on these elements
Useful combination
railway:position=*
See also
historic=milestone highway=milestone waterway=milestone
Status: de factoError creating thumbnail:
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A distance marker along a railway.

How to map

Draw the node direct on the way that represents the railway and add railway=milestone.

Tags to use in combination

• railway:position=* - the number given on the plate (in km), often rounded
• railway:position:exact=* - the exact position of the plate (in km), often a less visible number than on railway:position=*
• railway:milestone:catenary_mast=yes - if the milestone is placed on a catanary mast and not on its own pole

Similar tags

for "modern" milestones look at

• highway=milestone - Proposed_features/Milestones
• waterway=milestone
• railway:position=* look at OpenRailwayMap/Tagging

for "historic" milestones look at

• historic=milestone
• historic=boundary_stone

Railway milestones (in black), rendered by OpenRailwayMap.