North Korean Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

North Korean railway lines and stations exported from OpenStreetMap, tagged with the `railway` key. The data includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create basemap context for regional mapping projects using railway and station features.
• Assess infrastructure density and distribution based on mapped rail and tram elements.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative mapping project.
• Explicitly includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• OpenStreetMap completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported via HDX grid by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:49:58.839467; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Korea