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    • North American Rail Network Lines

    Metadata Updated: July 19, 2025

    The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Lines dataset was created in 2016 and was updated on July 18, 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

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date July 18, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1995 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update quarterly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date July 18, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1995 (creation)
    Responsible Party Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid North American Rail Network Lines
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -59.927234
    Bbox North Lat 64.926143
    Bbox South Lat 14.672256
    Bbox West Long -156.689757
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Harvest Object Id ada14309-888d-4055-87c4-e28b099c8c10
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-156.689757, 14.672256], [-59.927234, 14.672256], [-59.927234, 64.926143], [-156.689757, 64.926143], [-156.689757, 14.672256]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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