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    • North American Rail Network Lines

    Metadata Updated: December 8, 2025

    The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Lines dataset was created in 2016 and was updated on September 30, 2025 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The NARN Rail Lines dataset is a database that provides ownership, trackage rights, type, passenger, STRACNET, and geographic reference for North America's railway system at 1:24,000 or better within the United States. The data set covers all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Mexico, and Canada. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1528950

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date June 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 8, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDA data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 8, 2025
    Publisher Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2024-09-10T15:03:53.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-19T19:21:45.746Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:25
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id ec664cdf-15b6-4bb8-a524-640908ce4b82
    Harvest Source Title NGDA data.json
    Homepage URL https://ngda-transportation-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usdot::north-american-rail-network-lines
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -156.6898,14.6723,-59.9272,64.9261
    Program Code 015:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash fa0443a7de5ed03ee73bf52bc94bb0b0ad1da2a177d081e37032b76ea19d903b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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