Iceland Railway and Station Features from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Iceland matching railway and station tags, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The dataset includes features such as names, elevations, operators, and addresses. It was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Map railway network topology based on the 'railway' and 'layer' attributes.
• Geocode station locations based on 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.
• Analyze multilingual station naming conventions using 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:is' tags.
• Identify railway operators and their types using the 'operator:type' attribute.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Includes multilingual name attributes ('name', 'name:en', 'name:is') for features.
• Contains specific infrastructure attributes like 'ele' (elevation) and 'layer'.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-03-03 10:30:51.544748; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

OpenStreetMap export matching tags['railway'] IN ('rail','station')

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-03

Geography

Iceland