Papua New Guinea Railway Features from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team contain all features in Papua New Guinea tagged as railway lines or stations. 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 under the ODbL license.

Use Cases

• Map railway network connectivity based on 'railway' tag values.
• Identify station locations and their operators based on 'name' and 'operator:type' attributes.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of rail infrastructure based on spatial features.
• Enrich transportation models with station address details from 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative global mapping project.
• Includes multiple name variants (English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin) for features.
• Available in four common geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, and KML.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-03-03 09:30:19.399952; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

OpenStreetMap export filtered for features matching tags['railway'] IN ('rail','station').

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:30:19.399952.

Geography

Papua New Guinea