Tag:railway=service_station

railway = 
Description
A railway station only used by railway employees 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: in use
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

A railway station used by railway employees only, and is not normally accessible by passengers or freight traffic. Often, these are for maintenance facilities, but there are a number of other uses.

How to map

Set a node node in the middle of the service station and add railway=.

Tags used in combination

  • name=* - The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s)
  • operator=* - Сompany, corporation, person or any other entity who is directly in charge of the current operation of a map object
  • railway:ref=* - Internal abbreviation of the object

Potential tagging issue

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See also

  • railway=station - A railway station
  • railway=halt - A small station, may not have a platform, trains may only stop on request
  • landuse=railway - An area of land dedicated to train operation or support, around tracks, yards, sidings, station complexes, and ancillary man-made objects along the tracks
  • service=yard - Tracks within rail yards operated by the same company as one operating main line
  • Documented / proposed at OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Employee_Station
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