Ireland Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Ireland exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network connectivity based on railway line geometry.
• Assess station accessibility for urban planning based on station point locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for regional mapping projects based on the included rail infrastructure.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0), permitting sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 16:29:58.351732; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ireland