Curated list of publically available railway related datasets captured with point cloud data. Feel free to contribute by adding a pull request.
This dataset provides semantic segmentation labels for 16 different classes and contains over 3 billion points.
| Website | https://github.com/NNU-GISA/GISA-RailPC |
| Publication | https://doi.org/10.1049/cit2.12349 |
| Sensor | HiScan-C |
| Length | 25 km |
| License | ?? |
| Year | 2024-06-17 |
Note: Requires sending e-mail to obtain dataset
This dataset provides semantic segmentation labels for 9 different classes. It is based on three existing datasets, including the Hungarian MLS dataset and the French SNCF dataset
| Website | https://github.com/akharroubi/Rail3D |
| Publication | https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures9040071 |
| Sensor | various |
| Length | 2.1, 1.6, 2.0 km |
| License | various |
| Year | 2024-03-24 |
Note: Requires filling out a Data Request form
This dataset provides semantic segmentation labels for 11 different classes. Three different kinds of environments are captured: urban, rural and plateau. Each environment is captured with a different sensor type. Each environments consists of 10 km of track.
| Website | https://github.com/WHU-USI3DV/WHU-Railway3D |
| Publication | https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3469546 |
| Sensor | Optech Lynx/HiScan-Z/HiRail rMMS |
| Length | 10.7/10.6/10.4 km |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Year | 2023-12-16 |
Note: Requires filling out a Data Request form
Partial labels for tracks and cables are available.
| Website | https://doi.org/10.17632/ccxpzhx9dj.1 |
| Sensor | Riegl VMX-450 |
| Length | 600/1500/100 m |
| License | CC BY NC 3.0 |
| Year | 2022-04-04 |
High resolution scans of catenary arches. Each of the samples was manually labelled into 14 different classes.
| Website | https://doi.org/10.4121/17048816.v1 |
| Publication | https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010222 |
| Sensor | Trimble TX8 laser scanner using the level 2 operation mode |
| License | CC BY 4.0 |
| Year | 2022-03-04 |
Disclaimer: Author is affiliated to this dataset.
The following classes have been labelled: catenary mast, tension rod, signal, relay box. The dataset contains two stretches of railway.
| Website | https://doi.org/10.4121/fa259c52-a585-420c-8a0c-af5e91518e29.v1 |
| Sensor | Velodyne VLP-16 |
| Length | 6.5/2.9 km |
| License | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Year | 2023-12-13 |
Disclaimer: Author is affiliated to this dataset.
Note: This dataset is under embargo until 2025-12-31. Early access is possible.
A huge multi-sensor dataset from Germany.
| Website | https://doi.org/10.57806/9mv146r0 |
| Publication | https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAE59816.2023.10458449 |
| Sensor | Multi-sensor (images/LiDaRs) |
| License | CC0 1.0 Universal (Annotation) and CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Sensor data) |
| Year | 2023-01-01 |
An small unlabbeled dataset collected by SNCF Réseau. With colour information. It covers roughly 2 km of track.
| Website | https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/nuage-points-3d/information/ |
| Sensor | Train mounted LiDAR |
| License | Open Database License (ODbL) |
| Year | 2017-04-01 |