Senegal Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Railway lines and stations for Senegal, exported from OpenStreetMap and 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 and station locations.
• Create basemap context layers for regional planning based on OSM-derived infrastructure.
• Assess urban transit coverage based on the inclusion of tram tracks.

Strengths

• Covers multiple railway feature types including lines, tram tracks, and stations.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping project.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:37:42.397334; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal