Key:abandoned:railway
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Indicate the type of the abandoned railway feature. 
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A key to map former railway features. It can refer either to an abandoned railway track or to another railway feature; e.g., a station.
Abandoned is within the lifecycle or railway life cycle tags. Proposed, construction, operational "rail", preserved, disused, abandoned, razed.
How to map
Draw a line representing the former railroad track and add railway=abandoned.
With =see values the type of rails can be determined.
Values
Rails:
=rail=narrow_gauge=tram=light_rail=subway=funicular
Other features:
=station=switch=level_crossing=halt=platform=tram_stop=crossing=signal_box=buffer_stop=signal=turntable
and other values
Rendering
- Is not rendered on OSM Carto
- Is displayed in dashed lines on OpenRailwayMap
- Is not renderer on OpenRailwayMap-Vector in favour of OpenHistoricalMap data for former railways[1]
See also
railway=disusedhistoric:railway=rail/narrow_gauge- Demolished Railway
- Railway#Life-cycle
- Lifecycle prefix
- Open Historical Map
Photos
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Overgrown track - tag with railway=disused -
_-_abandoned_railway_turntable.JPG)
Abandoned:railway=turntable - tag with - tag with disused:railway=turntable -
There used to be a station here - abandoned:railway=station -
disused:railway=turntable -
The track has been dismantled, but remains are clearly visible - tag with railway=abandoned -
