Key:railway:signal:distant

Distant signals are mounted at poles, bridges, roof edges etc. which are tagged with railway:signal:distant=*. The node is placed on the track. The value should begin with a country-operator-prefix, e.g. DE-ESO: or AT-V2.

Additional keys

• mandatory: railway:signal:direction=forward/backward/both – direction which the signal is valid for
• railway:signal:position=left/right/overhead/bridge – position relative to the track (direction of OSM way) where the signal is located

There are a lot of additional tags which describe the signal in higher level of detail because every country (or even railway company) has its own signalling system.

• mandatory: railway:signal:distant:form=sign/light/semaphore – type of signal (sign, light signal, semaphore signal)
• only light and semaphore signals railway:signal:distant:states=* – displayable signal aspects (e.g. stop, proceed, proceed at low speed, …). The value should begin with a country-operator-prefix, e.g. DE-ESO: or AT-V2.
• railway:signal:distant:height=* – the height design of the signal (dwarf / normal)
• railway:signal:distant:repeated=yes/no – Sometimes distant signals are mounted twice or more often because the main signal can be hidden.
• railway:signal:distant:shortened=yes/no – Sometimes the distance between the main and the distant signal is shorter than usual.
• ref=* – signal number

Usage

Please go to the country-specific signal tagging pages for tagging/mapping railway signals.

• Australia
• Austria, currently only available in German
• Belgium
• Czechia (Czech only)
• Finland, currently only available in Finnish
• France
• Germany (ESO, i.e. heavy railways and narrow gauge railways), full version currently only available in German, English translation not finished yet
• Germany (BOStrab, i.e. trams, light rails and subways) (under draft), currently only available in German
• Indonesia (incomplete, version in English)
• Japan (draft, version in English)
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico)
• Poland (not yet finished, see also the earlier German version)
• Russia and post-soviet countries
• Spain
• Switzerland, currently only available in German
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
• China (currently only available in Chinese)