Tag:route=railway

route=railway
Description
The route of a railway (e.g. the Channel Tunnel). Not to be confused with the route of a passenger train service (see route=train).  
Group: Railways
Used on these elements
Requires
Useful combination
See also
Status: in use

This tag is used on relations which map the route of a railway line. These relations gather rail infrastructure (track) elements, often with the same name=*, railway=*, usage=* and owner=* / operator=* tags.

Passenger train services which run on the line (and connecting lines) are tagged separately using one or more route=train relations.

See Railways and Train routes.

Note: do not use a railway=rail tag on this relation as this will confuse renderers.

Tagging

The ways (usually railway=rail, though less often railway=disused, railway=abandoned or railway=razed) are collected in a relation with the following tags:

Key Value Comment Example ( 134946)
typeroute(mandatory)type=route
routerailway(mandatory)route=railway
refnumber(usually mandatory, though left empty when unknown)ref=801
nametrack nameName of the track (mandatory)name=KBS 801 Schlüchtern - Gemünden
operatorcompany nameOperator of the track
fromstation nameOriginating station (recommended)from=Schlüchtern
viastation nameImportant intermediate stations
tostation nameDestination station (recommended)to=Gemünden

See also

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