Iran Railways Features from OpenStreetMap Export

Iran's railway infrastructure features exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes features tagged as railways or stations, with attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address. It was created by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated on 2026-03-17.

Use Cases

• Map railway network coverage based on railway tags
• Identify station locations and names based on station tags
• Analyze operator types for railway infrastructure management based on operator:type attribute
• Assess elevation profiles of railway lines based on ele attribute

Strengths

• Includes multilingual station names (name, name:en, name:fa)
• Contains specific OpenStreetMap attributes for railway features (railway, ele, operator:type)
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2026-03-17 12:56:10.866154; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Export of features matching specific OpenStreetMap tags.

Freshness

2026-03-17 12:56:10.866154

Geography

Iran