Railways of Finland: Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Finland, sourced from the OpenStreetMap collaborative mapping project. The dataset includes features tagged with `railway=*`, such as rail lines, tram tracks, and stations. It was last updated on 2026-06-27 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line and station locations.
• Create detailed basemaps for Finland using volunteered geographic information.
• Assess the completeness of railway infrastructure mapping in urban versus remote areas.
• Cross-reference local field knowledge with crowd-sourced mapping data for validation.

Strengths

• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large-scale, free, and collaborative mapping project.
• Covers multiple railway feature types including lines, tram tracks, and stations.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-06-27, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; urban areas are well-represented while 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 for large-scale projects.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteered geographic information (VGI) collected by the OpenStreetMap community.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 06:12:55.776738; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Finland