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    • North American Rail Network Lines

    Metadata Updated: February 9, 2026

    The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Lines dataset was created in 2016 and was updated on January 29, 2026 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. The RROWNER1–3 fields identify the parties responsible for operation, maintenance, and/or ownership to the railroad. It includes the railroad dispatcher (operational control) identifying the specific railroad entity managing the movement of trains over that segment, the maintenance responsibility identifying who is legally obligated to maintain the rail line, and/or the property owner (land and right-of-way) identifying the entity that owns the underlying land. While many railroads own their right-of-way (ROW) in "fee simple", others operate on land owned by a third party. The same entity may fulfill one or more of these roles on the same line.  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 February 9, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDA data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date June 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 9, 2026
    Publisher Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2024-09-10T15:03:53.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03T20:41:24.740Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:25
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
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    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 9386c8575ddb1c8bdc82a33cd9514d356ce147d25c18540ad34343bc5a18b922
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