Tag:railway=switch

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Description
A railway switch, turnout or points: where trains can change from one track to another track. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: railways
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

A railway switch (or railway turnout or railway point) is a point where trains can change from one track to another track. Add a node node where the two tracks diverge and add railway=switch.

Additional tags

Tags used for single and double slips

You can use railway:switch:configuration=inside/outside to describe if the movable rails are inside or outside.

Rendering

switches and their numbers rendered by OpenRailwayMap

Possible tagging mistakes

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Lifecycle

See also