Tag:railway=spur_junction

railway = 
Description
Industrial spur junctions. 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
Status: in use
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A industrial spur is an operating site, where a spur forks from a railway line.

How to map

Set a node node where a spur forks from a main line (not on a track) and add railway=.

Tags used in combination

  • name=* - name of the spur
  • operator=* - the operator of the spur
  • railway:ref=* - the reference code the railway uses to refer to the spur.

See also

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