Costa Rica Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports contain railway lines and stations for Costa Rica, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from a collaborative volunteer mapping project. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for regional planning using geospatial railway data.
• Mapping multimodal transport connections based on the inclusion of rail and tram features.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Dataset is explicitly tagged for railway features, including lines, tram tracks, and stations.
• Source is OpenStreetMap, a widely-used, free, and collaborative mapping platform.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped while 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 and export via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:49:36.775555; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica