Estonian Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Estonian railway infrastructure data exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The dataset includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on railway and tram line locations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for Estonia using railway infrastructure as a layer.
• Studying the spatial distribution of railway stations and lines across Estonia.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• The dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:02.346183.

Geography

Estonia