Tram On Road: Geospatial Segments of Tram Tracks Within Road Polygons

A geospatial dataset derived from intersecting the National Geographic Database Rail Network with road polygons. This subsection of road link geometry identifies locations where tram tracks are present within the road area, calculated within a specified distance of these objects. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling shared road-rail infrastructure conflicts based on intersecting geometry.
• Planning public transport network accessibility based on tram track locations within roads.
• Analyzing road space allocation for multimodal transport based on the calculated tram segments.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative national geographic databases (NGD Rail Network).
• Focuses on a specific, calculated intersection between two infrastructure networks.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Calculated from the intersection of the NGD Rail Network (Tram definition) and road polygons.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Likely covers a geographic area served by the National Geographic Database, potentially within the European Union.