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    • North American Rail Network Nodes

    Metadata Updated: November 21, 2025

    The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Nodes 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 Nodes dataset is a database of 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 dataset holds topology of the network and provides geographic location information. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529070

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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 November 18, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date November 21, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1995 (creation), September 30, 2025 (revision)
    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 November 18, 2025
    Metadata Created Date September 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date November 21, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1995 (creation), September 30, 2025 (revision)
    Responsible Party Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid North American Rail Network Nodes
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Transportation","Transportation Network"]
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -59.940570048999973
    Bbox North Lat 64.923977358000059
    Bbox South Lat 14.679916263000052
    Bbox West Long -156.68971200199996
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Harvest Object Id 592f351a-a868-4e3f-9319-c75217e5114e
    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.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-156.68971200199996, 14.679916263000052], [-59.94057004899997, 14.679916263000052], [-59.94057004899997, 64.92397735800006], [-156.68971200199996, 64.92397735800006], [-156.68971200199996, 14.679916263000052]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System 3857
    Spatial Harvester True

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