Australian Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Australia exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway and tram line locations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for Australian regions using railway infrastructure data.
• Studying the distribution and density of railway stations across urban and remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations as mentioned in the description.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:25:37.007218

Geography

Australia