The cartographic documents covering railway areas require additional specifi c cartographic symbols and codes because
of the diversity of the existing railway infrastructure elements. Cartographic symbols represent objects featured in maps
and schematic plans, according to their attribute characteristics and the scale of a given map. A cartographic code is a designation assigned to cartographic symbols featured in maps in scale ranges of 1:500 to 1:5000. The main purpose of the
conducted study was to determine the extent of uniformity of cartographic symbols and codes used in railway areas in
the light of the relevant applicable legal regulations, technical standards, industry-specifi c manuals, and the perception of
space as presented in the cartographic documentation of railway areas. The condition of cartographic symbols and codes
has been analysed, taking the characteristics of the target audience of cartographic documents as well as the intended use
and content of such documents into consideration. The paper describes the patterns behind the processes of coding real
elements of railway infrastructure in cartographic documents, and off ers tables including fi ndings of comparative analyses
of cartographic symbols and codes according to the following requirements:
• GK-1 of the technical standard “Organisation and performance of measurements in railway land surveying”,
• Regulation of the Minister of Administration and Digitization of 2 November 2015 on the topographic objects database
and the principal map,
• Ig-10 (D-27) instruction on developing and updating schematic plans.
The conducted studies have revealed a lack of consistency and discrepancies among the cartographic symbols and codes
used and adopted in railway areas. These symbols should be consistent and harmonised with other symbols and elements
of cartographic documents in order to function as a harmonious whole. It has also been found that there are no defi nitions for characteristic cartographic symbols and codes found across railway infrastructure elements. The paper offers new
original cartographic symbols and codes for those elements which have not been defi ned so far. New definitions cover:
animal protection device and stabilised fixed points of reference for observing the areas susceptible to creep of rails in
a continuous welded track. The findings of the conducted studies contribute to the subjects raised in the contemporary
domain of civil engineering and railway transport. The article contains author’s insights and conclusions. The paper has
been developed as part of AGH’s statutory research no. 11.11.150.005.
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