Sierra Leone Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

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

Use Cases

• Analyze transport network accessibility based on railway line locations.
• Create basemap context for regional planning using geospatial infrastructure data.
• Study the distribution of railway stations relative to population centers.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:48:40.946382; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sierra Leone