Railway Lines and Stations in Burkina Faso from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide railway lines and stations for Burkina Faso, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations and is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create basemap context for regional planning using geospatial infrastructure data.
• Study the distribution of railway stations relative to population centers.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:37:01.013618.

Geography

Burkina Faso