Tag:railway=yard
 railway = yard
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A rail yard or freight station  
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The tag railway=yard is mainly used to map a rail yard (aka railway yard or railroad yard), which is a series of rail tracks used for for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading, railroad cars and locomotives.
This tag has also been used for mapping freight-only stations, which are railway stations without passenger traffic where freight trains are loaded or unloaded, and which are often found in a rail yard.
These yards can vary in their size, from small freight stations which are just former passenger stations with a spur track, to huge yards with multiple marshalling tracks, hump yards, container terminals, and locomotive depots which are several kilometers long.
How to map
Set a node 
in the middle of the freight yard or station and add railway=yard.
You can also map the area with landuse=railway, if this is clearly defined.
Tags used in combination
- name=*
- operator=*
- railway:ref=*