Historic Subway Railways in the Netherlands Since 1968

Historic metro railways data covers all existing metro lines put into use across the Netherlands since 1968. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations via the eu_open_data platform. The temporal coverage begins in 1968, but the last update date is unknown.

Use Cases

• Map the historical development of metro networks based on the nationwide coverage and start date.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of transit infrastructure based on the geospatial file formats.
• Conduct temporal analysis of public transportation expansion based on the 1968 start date.

Strengths

• Nationwide coverage of all existing metro railways in the Netherlands.
• Provides a defined historical starting point for data from 1968.
• Data is offered under a public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

Since 1968

Freshness

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Geography

Nationwide, Netherlands