Nigeria Railway Network and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Nigeria's railway infrastructure features, including rail lines and stations, exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on March 3, 2026. Features may include attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details.

Use Cases

• Mapping railway network connectivity based on the 'railway' tag.
• Analyzing station distribution and attributes based on features like 'name' and 'addr:city'.
• Modeling multi-level transport intersections based on the 'layer' attribute.
• Validating and updating base map data for Nigeria based on the 'source' attribute.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.
• Includes multiple export formats (GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML) for flexibility.
• Features are defined by specific OSM tags ('rail' and 'station'), providing clear scope.

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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:52:03.317542; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nigeria