New Zealand Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports contain railway lines and stations tagged with `railway`. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from a collaborative volunteer mapping project. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create contextual basemaps for regional planning using station and track data.
• Assess public transport coverage in urban versus remote areas based on mapped features.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from the OpenStreetMap project, a widely-used global collaborative map.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:24:41.969593; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New Zealand