Railways of Eritrea: OpenStreetMap Lines and Stations for Transport Analysis

Railway lines and stations from OpenStreetMap tagged with `railway=*`. The data is useful for transport accessibility analysis and basemap context. It was created by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Map transport network accessibility based on railway line and station locations.
• Create basemap context for regional planning using geospatial railway features.
• Analyze the density of transport infrastructure in urban versus remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Last updated on 2026-06-27.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; remote areas may be 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 and collaborative data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 05:32:48.485204; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eritrea