Philippines Railways: OpenStreetMap Features for Rail Lines and Stations

OpenStreetMap exports from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team contain all features in the Philippines tagged as railway lines ('rail') or stations ('station'). The dataset includes attributes such as name, elevation, operator type, and address details. It was last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Map railway network coverage based on the 'railway' tag.
• Identify station locations and names based on the 'name' and 'name:en' attributes.
• Analyze railway infrastructure elevation using the 'ele' attribute.
• Study railway operators and management types using the 'operator:type' attribute.
• Geocode station addresses using the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative global mapping project.
• Includes multilingual station names via the 'name:en' and 'name:fil' attributes.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-05 21:35:33.627609; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Extracted from the OpenStreetMap database based on specific tag filters.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 21:35:33.627609.

Geography

Philippines