Liberia Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Liberia exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Modeling transport accessibility based on railway and station locations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for regional planning using geospatial rail data.
• Analyzing the density and distribution of railway infrastructure mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.
• Explicitly includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations as described.

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 HDX grid by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:24:14.962577; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Liberia