UAE Railway Lines and Stations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for railway lines and stations in the United Arab Emirates, tagged with `railway=*`. The dataset includes rail lines, tram tracks, and stations, sourced from the collaborative mapping project. It was last updated on 2026-06-25 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Analyzing transport network accessibility based on the mapped railway lines and stations.
• Creating basemap context for regional planning using the geospatial features.
• Studying the distribution of transport infrastructure in urban versus remote areas based on mapper activity.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used collaborative mapping platform.
• Explicitly includes railway lines, tram tracks, and stations as tagged features.

Limitations

• Coverage is dependent on volunteer mapper activity, leading to potential sparsity in remote areas.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 23:47:40.653731; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Arab Emirates