Qatar Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports contain railway lines, tram tracks, and stations tagged with the `railway` key. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data in multiple geospatial formats. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze public transport network connectivity based on railway and tram line data
• Assess station accessibility for urban planning based on station point locations
• Create thematic transport basemaps for Qatar using the provided geospatial features

Strengths

• Data is available in six common geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, and SHP
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a large collaborative mapping project

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:17:25.564916; freshness should be verified

Geography

Qatar