Swiss Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

Switzerland's railway infrastructure, including rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, tagged from the OpenStreetMap collaborative world map. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-26. Coverage likely reflects areas where volunteer mappers have been active, potentially resulting in denser representation in urban areas.

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on the locations of railway lines and stations.
• Creating contextual basemaps for Swiss regions using the geospatial railway features.
• Studying the density and distribution of public transport infrastructure, such as tram tracks.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely used and freely accessible global mapping project.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-06-26 05:05:25.133530.

Limitations

• Coverage may be sparse in remote areas, as noted in the description, reflecting volunteer mapper activity.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged with the `railway=*` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 05:05:25.133530

Geography

Switzerland