Mexico Railway Network and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for Mexico matching railway tags for 'rail' and 'station', exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. 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 file formats.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' tag and geometry.
• Analyze station distribution and characteristics based on attributes like 'name', 'operator:type', and 'addr:city'.
• Model multi-layer transportation systems using the 'layer' attribute for vertical relationships.
• Validate or augment proprietary transportation datasets with open-source 'rail' and 'station' features.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a large collaborative mapping project.
• Includes multiple name variants ('name:en', 'name:es') for international use.
• Available in four common geospatial formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, KML.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:16:22.665768; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico