Algeria Railway Features from OpenStreetMap, 2026 Export

OpenStreetMap exports contain all railway and station features for Algeria, matching specific OSM tags. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-05. Features may include attributes like name, elevation, operator type, and addresses in multiple languages.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity across Algeria based on the 'railway' tag.
• Analyze station distribution and multilingual naming conventions based on 'name', 'name:ar', and 'name:ber' attributes.
• Study infrastructure layering and elevation using the 'layer' and 'ele' (elevation) columns.
• Identify railway operators and their organizational types based on the 'operator:type' attribute.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a global collaborative mapping project.
• Features are available in multiple geospatial file formats: KML, GEOJSON, SHP, and GEOPACKAGE.
• Attributes include multilingual names (Arabic, Berber, English) and physical details like elevation.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap's volunteer-driven collection.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 14:53:50.770856; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Algeria