Railway Link Set
A Railway Link Set depicts the full extent of a named railway as one continuous line.
Temporal filtering
The earliest date on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for data in this feature type is 27 September 2023.
Feature type attributes
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
osid
Primary identifier for the feature. The OSID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and requires no centralised authority to ensure uniqueness. Note that the same OSID can occur in more than one feature type when a single feature is represented multiple times in the OS NGD.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API - Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versiondate
Date when the version was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailablefromdate
The date this version of the feature became the latest version.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailabletodate
The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
changetype
The type of change that generated a new version of the feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: changetypevalue
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry
Geometry for the feature.
Data Types: Geometry (GeoJSON), Geometry (GPKG), WKT (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
Geometry Type: MultiLineString
geometry_length_m
The measured length of the geometry in metres.
Data Types: Number (GeoJSON), Float (GPKG), Real (CSV)
Nullable: false
Precision: 15
Scale: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
theme
The OS NGD Theme to which the feature belongs.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: themevalue
Max Length: 40
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
description
A single descriptive value intended for a quick understanding of what the feature represents.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: railwaylinksetdescriptionvalue
Max Length: 15
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name1_text
Contains both the name and localName of the RailwayLinkSet
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name1_language
The language of name1, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name2_text
Contains both the name and localName of the RailwayLinkSet
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name2_language
The language of name1, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name3_text
Contains both the name and localName of the RailwayLinkSet
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name3_language
The language of name1, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name4_text
Contains both the name and localName of the RailwayLinkSet
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
name4_language
The language of name1, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
Railway Link Reference
railwaylinkid
The identifier for the RailwayLink feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
railwaylinksetid
The identifier for the RailwayLinkSet feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
railwaylinksetversiondate
The date this version of the feature entered the OS National Geographic Database.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
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