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Description
The route of a train service (e.g. London-Paris Eurostar) Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: routes
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Status: in use
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Rail network divided by area of country

A train route is a relation that describes the route of a train (usually, in regular passenger service). Its members include the stations/stops/platforms served by the train (where it stops to pick up or drop off passengers) as well as the railways on which the train travels.

How to tag a train relation

Main article: Railway
Key Example values Comment
type route (required)
route train (required)
public_transport:version 1 / 2 (required)
name for PTv2 please use:
<vehicle type> <reference number>: <initial stop> => <terminal stop>		 Prose description of route variant. <Vehicle type> should be identical to route=*. Example: Bus 201: Uitikon Waldegg, Bahnhof => Uitikon, Wängi (recommended)
network local / regional network Name (sometimes abbr.) of the network, examples: Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg, RMV (recommended)
ref Reference The number of the line e.g. IR 3114 (recommended)
operator operator Name of the company that operates the route e.g. Deutsche Bahn AG, Connex, Interconnex etc. (optional)
passenger international / national / regional / suburban / urban / local Indicate the type of passenger service on the route (often based upon length and stop frequency) (optional)
service tourism / night / car_shuttle / car / commuter / regional / long_distance / high_speed Type of train service. This tag should make distinction between different types of train easier beyond borders in order that users do not have to parse reference numbers. (optional)
from Departure station Departure station (optional)
to Destination station Destination station (optional)
via Intermediate station Intermediate station to distinguish between similar routes (optional)
wheelchair yes / no / limited If the trains on the route are equipped with ramps or elevators for wheelchairs. Note that even if the trains are that the not all stations on the route may be suitable, or not all platforms may be accessible (optional)
duration time from start to end The amount of time from the first to last stop of the subway route. Use HHːMMːSS, HːMMːSS, HHːMM, HːMM, MM, or M format. (optional)
interval time between arrivals The time between arrivals at any given station along the route, also known as the "service frequency". Use HHːMMːSS, HːMMːSS, HHːMM, HːMM, MM, or M format. (optional)
colour ex: red / #FFEEDD If the railway route has an "official" colour, for example metro lines in some cities. (optional)
bicycle yes / no / limited Indicates if bicycles can be taken. (optional)
reservation yes / no / required Indicates if reserving a seat/berth possible, not possible or compulsory. (optional)
by_night yes / no / only Indicates if the service runs during day and/or nighttime. (optional)
Tagging the equipment of trains (do so only if the equipment is usually the same on all trains of the service)
couchette yes Indicates if the service runs with cars meant for sleeping during the night. (optional)
sleeping_car yes Indicates if the service runs with cars meant for sleeping during the night. (optional)
restaurant yes Indicates if the service has a restaurant car. (optional)
air_conditioning yes / no Indicates whether the railway cars have air conditioning. (optional)

In some countries where newer trains are common this might be very usual, in others not.

internet_access
internet_access:fee		 wlan
yes / no		 Indicates whether the railway cars are equipped with wifi. (optional)

Default should be that there is no (extra) internet access. Add internet_access=wlan if there is wifi and specify with internet_access:fee=yes or internet_access:fee=no whether you have to pay an extra fee to use it.

toilets yes / no Indicates whether there is at least one toilet for passengers in the train. (optional)

Common on regional and long-distance services, but often not in suburban or urban services.

toilets:wheelchair yes / no Indicates whether there is at least one toilet in the train which is accessible for wheelchairs. (optional and only needed if there is toilets=yes)

In some countries where newer trains are common this might be very usual, in others not.

socket Indicates whether the railway cars are equipped with power supply/sockets, for example for charging your mobile phone during the train ride. (optional)

In some countries where newer trains are common this might be very usual, in others not.
Please look at the key's page for choosing the right value to add.

surveillance
surveillance:type		 indoor
camera		 Indicates whether the railway cars are equipped with camera surveillance. (optional)

In some countries where newer trains are common this might be very usual, in others not.

maxspeed Indicates the maximum speed the train on this service runs. This is useful, for example, if a certain service is served by trains only capable to run at 225 km/h on a high-speed railway allowing 300 km/h.

Route relations can also be used to designate railway lines that are operated by one or more train operators. Some examples can be found at Open Rail Map/NL.

Rail renderers

Main article: Railways section 'Rendering'

Railway infrastructure (active tracks, stations) is "lightly rendered" by Standard (Carto). Data in route=train relations regarding passenger service is not. There exist some renderers, tools and websites to display such data.

Network by countries

Country Railway length
(km) 		Date of
information 		Wiki Note
Afghanistan 24 2004   [1]
Albania 677 2015   [1]
Algeria 3,973 2014   [1]
Angola 2,852 2014   [1]
Antigua and Barbuda 77 2001 est.   [2]
Argentina 36,917 2014 ES:Argentina/Ferrocarriles [1]
Armenia 780 2014   [1]
Australia 36,968 2014   [1]
Austria 5,527 2017 WikiProject Austria/Öffentlicher Verkehr [3]
Azerbaijan 2,944 2017   [1]
Bangladesh 2,460 2014   [1]
Belarus 5,528 2014   [1]
Belgium 3,592 2014 WikiProject Belgium/Railways [1]
Benin 438 2014   [1]
Bolivia 3,504 2014   [1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 965 2014   [1]
Botswana 888 2014   [1]
Brazil 29,850 2014 Brazil/Ferroviarias [1]
Brunei 13 2001 est.   [2]
Bulgaria 5,114 2014 Bg:WikiProject Bulgaria/Железопътна мрежа  [1]
Burkina Faso 622 2014   [1]
Cambodia 642 2014   [1]
Cameroon 987 2014   [1]
Canada 77,932 2014   [1]
Chile 7,282 2014   [1]
China 124,000 2017 China Railways [1] A rapidly expanding network, new tracks are being laid faster than our mapping speed.
Colombia 2,141 2015   [1]
Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) 4,007 2014 Congo-Kinshasa/Chemins de fer [1]
Congo-Brazzaville 510 2014   [1]
Costa Rica 278 2014   [1]
Croatia 2,722 2014   [1]
Cuba 8,367 2015   [1]
Czech Republic 9,622 2014 rail, station [1] 100% of general purpose railways and tram networks are mapped. Some industrial, service and special railways still needs to be mapped. Some stations and halts also missing
Côte d'Ivoire 660 2008    
Denmark 3,476 2017   [1]
Djibouti 97 2017   [1]
Dominican Republic 496 2014   [1]
Ecuador 965 2014   [1]
Egypt 5,085 2014   [1]
El Salvador 13 2014   [1]
Eritrea 306 2014   [1]
Estonia 2,146 2016   [1]
Eswatini 301 2014   [1]
Ethiopia 659 2017   [1]
Fiji 597 2008   [2]
Finland 5,923 2015 WikiProject Finland/Railroads [1]
France 29,604 2014 France/Voies ferrées [1]
Gabon 649 2014   [1]
Georgia 1,363 2014   [1]
Germany 38,500 ~ 2015 Germany/Railway [4]
Ghana 947 2014   [1]
Greece 2,548 2014   [1]
Guatemala 800 2014   [1]
Guinea 1,086 2017   [1]
Guyana 187 2001 est.   [2]
Haiti 40 2001 est.   [2]
Honduras 699 2014   [1]
Hong Kong SAR (PRC) 210 2008   [5]
Hungary 8,049 2014 Hungary/Vasút [1]
India 68,525 2014 India/Railways [1]
Indonesia 8,159 2014   [2]
Iran 8,484 2014   [1]
Iraq 2,272 2014   [1]
Ireland 3,237 2014   [1]
Israel 1,250 2014   [1]
Italy 20,182 2014 Italy/Ferrovie [1]
Jamaica 272 2003   [2]
Japan 27,311 2015 Japan Railways [1]
Jordan 509 2014   [1]
Kazakhstan 14,184 2014   [1]
Kenya 3,806 2014   [1]
Kyrgyzstan 470 2014   [1]
Laos 4 2005  
Latvia 2,239 2008   [1]
Lebanon 401 2017   [1]
Lesotho 3 1995   [2]
Liberia 429 2008   [2]
Liechtenstein 9 2008   [1]
Lithuania 1,768 2014   [1]
Luxembourg 275 2014   [1]
North Macedonia 925 2017   [1]
Madagascar 836 2014   [1]
Malawi 767 2014   [1]
Malaysia 1,851 2014   [1]
Mali 593 2014   [1]
Mauritania 728 2014   [1]
Moldova 1,171 2014   [1]
Monaco 2 2002    
Mongolia 1,815 2016   [1]
Montenegro 250 2017   [1]
Morocco 2,067 2014   [1]
Mozambique 4,787 2014   [1]
Myanmar 3,955 2006   [2]
Namibia 2,628 2014   [1]
Nauru 5 2001   [2]
Nepal 53 2014   [2]
Netherlands 3,058 2016 WikiProject Netherlands Railways [1]
New Zealand 4,128 2014   [1]
Nicaragua 6 2006   [2]
Nigeria 3,798 2014   [1]
North Korea 7,435 2014   [1]
Norway 4,250 2014   [1]
Pakistan 11,881 2015   [1]
Panama 77 2014   [1]
Paraguay 30 2014   [1]
Peru 1,854 2014   [1]
Philippines 995 2015   [1]
Poland 19,231 2015 Poland/Railways [1]
Portugal 3,075 2014   [1]
Puerto Rico (US) 96 2006   [2]
Romania 11,268 2014   [1]
Russia 128,000 2006   [6][7]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2008   [2]
Saudi Arabia 5,410 2016   [1]
Senegal 906 2017   [1]
Serbia 3,809 2015   [1]
Sierra Leone 84 2001   [2]
Singapore 177 2006   [ citation needed ] includes MRT and LRT networks
Slovakia 3,626 2016  Slovakia railways [1]
Slovenia 1,229 2014   [1]
South Africa 20,986 2014   [1] >90% All major + branch lines have been mapped. Some abandoned lines are incorrectly tagged as still active. Stations/Halt/Disused classification is poor.
South Korea 3,874 2015 Korea/Railways [1]
South Sudan 248 2014 [1]
Spain 16,102 2015 ES:Ferrocarriles en España [1]
Sri Lanka 1,447 2014   [1]
Sudan 7,251 2014   [1]
Suriname 166 2001   [2]
Sweden 14,127 2016 Sweden/Railways [1]
Switzerland 5,177 2015 Switzerland:Public Transport/Railways [8]
Syria 2,052 2014   [1]
Taiwan (Rep. of China) (Republic of China) 1,597 2014   [1]
Tajikistan 680 2014   [1]
Tanzania 4,567 2014   [1]
Thailand 4,127 2017   [1]
Togo 568 2014   [1]
Tunisia 2,173 2014   [1]
Turkey 12,008 2014   [1]
Turkmenistan 2,980 2014   [1]
Uganda 1,244 2014   [1]
Ukraine 21,733 2014   [1]
United Arab Emirates 52 2009   [2]
United Kingdom 16,837 2015 Railways in the United Kingdom [1] National mainline network thought to be around 99% mapped.
United States 225,000 2016 United_States/Railroads [2] Most US rail was entered from OSM-US' 2007 TIGER import. These data were rough, with no usage=* tags and incorrect name=* tags (TIGER name=* tags should be operator=* and name=* should contain "Subdivision" or "Line" name). These data improve with better name=* and usage=* tags, though there remains much work to do. Continuing efforts include collection of better-tagged rail elements into route=railway and route=train relations. Amtrak, passenger=national rail, is >99% done. Our Wiki offers guidelines to improve TIGER data, organizing at the state level. US railroads peaked near 409,000 km in 1914; as of 2016, there are about 225,000 km extant (some data put this as high as 293,564), leaving ~184,000 km of disused/abandoned/razed railroads in the US. A 5-minute Lightning Talk was presented at SOTM-US 2016 here (at 25:30 - 30:30). Map Your Train Ride!
Uruguay 1,673 2016   [1]
Uzbekistan 4,304 2016   [1]
Vatican (Holy See) Vatican City 0.852 2001 est.   [2]
Venezuela 447 2014 ES:Venezuela/Listados/Metros [1]
Vietnam 2,600 2014   [1]
Western Sahara 5 2008  
Zambia 3,126 2014   [1]
Zimbabwe 3,427 2014   [1]

No railways currently

There are countries which do not have any railways. A list is available at Wikipedia.

Possible tagging mistakes =

Warning

The attribute route=train should not be used on node node or way (way & closed way & area) elements.
If you know places with this tag (see, Overpass query / Sophox query), verify if the feature could be tagged as a relation or if the tag route=train could be deleted in case of the object related relation already exists.

Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.000 1.001 1.002 1.003 1.004 1.005 1.006 1.007 1.008 1.009 1.010 1.011 1.012 1.013 1.014 1.015 1.016 1.017 1.018 1.019 1.020 1.021 1.022 1.023 1.024 1.025 1.026 1.027 1.028 1.029 1.030 1.031 1.032 1.033 1.034 1.035 1.036 1.037 1.038 1.039 1.040 1.041 1.042 1.043 1.044 1.045 1.046 1.047 1.048 1.049 1.050 1.051 1.052 1.053 1.054 1.055 1.056 1.057 1.058 1.059 1.060 1.061 1.062 1.063 1.064 1.065 1.066 1.067 1.068 1.069 1.070 1.071 1.072 1.073 1.074 1.075 1.076 1.077 1.078 1.079 1.080 1.081 1.082 1.083 1.084 1.085 1.086 1.087 1.088 1.089 1.090 1.091 1.092 1.093 1.094 1.095 1.096 1.097 1.098 1.099 1.100 1.101 1.102 1.103 1.104 1.105 1.106 1.107 1.108 1.109 1.110 1.111 1.112 1.113 1.114 1.115 1.116 1.117 1.118 1.119 1.120 CIA World Factbook, last access on 1 November 2018
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 CIA data, last updated on 15 April 2008
  3. ↑ Statistik Austria: details of the operational length "Betriebslänge" on 31 December 2017 Austria
  4. ↑ German State Statistics Service: data available at 38.5 thousand km only (hence the approx.) Germany
  5. ↑ http://www.thb.gov.hk/eng/psp/publications/transport/publications/hk_highway.htm
  6. ↑ Russian State Statistics Service Russia
  7. ↑ 128,000 km is the figure for all railway lines in Russia, including non-common, 85,000 km is the figure that Russian State Statistics Service gives for common usage lines in 2006, while w:CIA World Factbook gives 87,157 km for the same year.
  8. ↑ Swiss State Statistics: Setup length "Eigentumslänge" 5196 km minus 19 km abroad Switzerland

See also

  • route=tram - The route of a tram service.
  • route=bus - The route of a bus service.
  • route=subway - the route of a Metro rapid transit (subway or elevated) line
  • route=light_rail - the route of a light rail line
  • route=tracks - Railroad track as rail infrastructure. (named sections of tracks)
  • route=railway - The route of a railway (e.g. the Channel Tunnel). (named sections of tracks)
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