New Caledonia Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports contain railway lines and stations tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) last updated this export on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line and station locations.
• Create thematic basemaps for regional planning using geospatial railway infrastructure.
• Model public transit connectivity based on the presence of tram tracks and rail stations.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; remote areas in New Caledonia may be incompletely mapped.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:16:02.189135; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New Caledonia