Tag:railway=razed
 railway = razed
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Former railway; Railway physical features are completely removed.  
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A tag to map former railways, where all physical features and traces of the railway have been removed.
Mapping a feature without any physical, verifiable presence (Good practice#Map what's on the ground) is considered out of scope for OSM. Adding a way for a former railway is disputed by some contributors. See Demolished Railway for a comparison of tagging approaches. Avoid mapping former railways if it is impossible to determine the former route from the ground or aerial imagery. Consider using Open Historical Map instead to map former railways.
Also, this tag is sometimes used when primary railway features like rails, ballast, ties/sleepers were removed but secondary recognisable traces like earthworks are remaining.
How to map
Use this tag when all physical features related to a railway have been removed and are no longer visible (rails, ballast, ties/sleepers). This tag is only used for the right of way. Use the tag by itself or as part of another feature which replaced the railway (such as a cycle path or road). Another use is to indicate when only a short section is removed and now disconnects the railway. Use the correct railway=abandoned or railway=disused for the remaining visible segments.
railway=razed is not rendered by OpenStreetMap Carto, but is rendered in OpenRailwayMap.