Malta Railway and Station Features from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team contain all features in Malta tagged as 'rail' or 'station'. The dataset includes attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details. It was last updated on 2026-03-03 and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' and 'layer' attributes.
• Geocode station locations for routing applications based on the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.
• Analyze multilingual station naming conventions based on the 'name:en' and 'name:mt' tags.
• Assess infrastructure elevation profiles based on the 'ele' (elevation) attribute.

Strengths

• Data is available in four common geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Includes multilingual name attributes ('name:en', 'name:mt') for feature identification.
• Last updated on 2026-03-03 10:20:59.888514.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

OpenStreetMap export matching tags['railway'] IN ('rail','station').

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:20:59.888514.

Geography

Malta