Railway Lines and Stations in the Dominican Republic from OpenStreetMap

Dominican Republic railway lines and stations exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for regional planning using station and track data.
• Assess public transport infrastructure coverage based on mapped tram and rail features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2026-05-15.

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

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the HDX platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:38:05.145432; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominican Republic