Central African Republic Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for the Central African Republic, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, tagged with the `railway` key. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create basemap context layers for regional mapping projects.
• Assess infrastructure density and connectivity in urban areas.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:42:56.770241; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central African Republic