Railway Lines and Stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap export of railway infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tagged with the `railway` key. The dataset includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, and was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Map transport network connectivity based on railway line geometry.
• Analyze spatial distribution of transport access based on station locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for humanitarian or development projects based on OSM infrastructure data.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes features tagged as rail lines, tram tracks, and stations.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data, aggregated and exported from OpenStreetMap.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 10:53:52.145720; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo