Austrian Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Austria includes railway lines, tram tracks, and stations tagged with `railway=*`. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas likely better represented than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on the locations of railway lines and stations.
• Create basemap layers for regional or urban planning projects using geospatial railway data.
• Assess the completeness of railway infrastructure mapping in different parts of Austria.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large collaborative mapping project.
• Multiple geospatial file formats are available, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset was updated on 2026-06-26, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 01:04:31.796016

Geography

Austria