Vatican City Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide railway lines, tram tracks, and stations for Vatican City, tagged with the `railway` key. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated in May 2026. Data completeness varies, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway and tram line locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for regional planning using geospatial infrastructure data.
• Study the density and distribution of railway stations within a small sovereign state.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated in May 2026.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:58.976930

Geography

Holy See (Vatican City State)