Burundi Railway Network and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for railway infrastructure in Burundi, matching tags for 'rail' and 'station'. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on March 3, 2026. Features may include attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on 'railway' tag features.
• Identify and geolocate railway stations using 'name' and address attributes.
• Analyze infrastructure layering and elevation using the 'layer' and 'ele' attributes.
• Study multi-lingual place names using the 'name:en', 'name:fr', and 'name:rn' fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative global mapping project.
• Includes potential multilingual station names ('name:en', 'name:fr', 'name:rn').
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML).

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.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific railway tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:52:20.552544; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burundi