Railway Lines and Stations in Malawi from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations in Malawi extracted from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create basemap context for regional planning based on station and track data.
• Assess infrastructure completeness for a region based on OSM volunteer mapping.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from a collaborative, free world map (OpenStreetMap).
• Last updated on 2026-05-14 20:54:15.508273.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:54:15.508273.

Geography

Malawi