Kazakhstan Railway Features from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team contain all features in Kazakhstan tagged as railway lines ('rail') or stations ('station'). The dataset includes attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and multilingual names. It was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' tag.
• Analyze station distribution and multilingual naming conventions based on 'name', 'name:kk', and 'name:ru' attributes.
• Model infrastructure elevation profiles based on the 'ele' (elevation) attribute.
• Identify operational entities based on the 'operator:type' attribute.

Strengths

• Includes multilingual station names ('name:kk', 'name:ru') for localization.
• Contains specific geometric attributes like elevation ('ele') and layering ('layer').
• Data is available in multiple geospatial 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific railway tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:52:27.980158; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kazakhstan