Railway Lines and Stations in Ecuador from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteer contributions provide railway lines, tram tracks, and station locations across Ecuador. Coverage likely reflects mapper activity, with urban areas better represented than remote regions. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data under the ODbL license, last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway line and station locations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for regional planning using geospatial railway features.
• Studying the distribution of mapped railway infrastructure to identify coverage gaps in remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map with a defined ODbL license.
• Last updated on 2026-06-27 05:14:49.937474.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-mapped and remote areas potentially sparse.
• 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 mapping contributions tagged with `railway=*`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 05:14:49.937474.

Geography

Ecuador