The National Rail Network (NRWN) is a geometric and attributive description of the Canadian rail network. The NRWN product consists of the features classes: Track Segment, Railway Crossing, Railway Station, Marker Post, Junction and Railway Structure. Descriptive attributes include amongst others: Track Classification, Track Name, Track Operator, Track User, Track Owner, Subdivision Name, Junction Type, Crossing Type, Level of Crossing, Warning System, Transport Canada Identifier, Station Name, Station Type, Station User, Structure Type.

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

The National Railway Network (NRWN), version 1.0 focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes of Canadian rail phenomena. The NRWN product is distributed in the form of eleven provincial or territorial datasets and consists of one linear feature (Track), four punctual features (Junction, Crossing, Marker Post, and Station), and one linear or punctual feature (Structure) with which is associated a series of descriptive attributes such as, among others: Track Classification, Track Name, Track Operator, Track User, Gauge, Number of Tracks, Electrification, Design Speeds, Subdivision Name; Junction Type; Level of Crossing, Crossing Type, Warning System, Transport Canada Identifier; Station Name, Station Type, Station User, Number of platforms; Structure Type. The available output file format for the product are: GML (Geography Markup Language) in ASCII and SHAPE (ESRI - TM) and KML (Keyhole Markup Language).

IMPORTANT NOTICE This item has moved to a new organization. It entered Mature Support in August 2025 and will retire in December 2026. We encourage you to switch to using the item on the new organization as soon as possible to avoid any disruptions within your workflows. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below or email our Living Atlas Curator (livingatlascurator@esri.ca) The new version of this item can be found here The National Railway Network (NRWN) focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes of Canadian rail phenomena. The NRWN product is distributed in the form of eleven provincial or territorial datasets and consists of one linear feature (Track), four punctual features (Junction, Crossing, Marker Post, and Station), and one linear or punctual feature (Structure) with which is associated a series of descriptive attributes such as, among others: Track Classification, Track Name, Track Operator, Track User, Gauge, Number of Tracks, Electrification, Design Speeds, Subdivision Name; Junction Type; Level of Crossing, Crossing Type, Warning System, Transport Canada Identifier; Station Name, Station Type, Station User, Number of platforms; Structure Type. The available output file format for the product are: GML (Geography Markup Language) in ASCII and SHAPE (ESRI - TM) and KML (Keyhole Markup Language). Foe more information including documentation, contact and pre-packaged NRWN files see: National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase SeriesThe last release date: September 12, 2017, see release notes Le Réseau ferroviaire national (RFN) est une description géométrique et attributive du réseau ferroviaire Canadien.Le produit RFN comprend les classes : segment de voie ferroviaire, croisement ferroviaire, gare, panneau de point milliaire, jonction et structure ferroviaire.Les attributs descriptifs comprennent entre autres : classification de la voie, nom de la voie, exploitant de la voie, utilisateur de la voie, propriétaire de la voie, nom de la subdivision, type de jonction, type de croisement, niveau du croisement, système d'avertissement du croisement, identifiant de Transport Canada, nom de gare, type de gare, utilisateur de la gare, type de structure.

IMPORTANT NOTICE This item has moved to a new organization. It entered Mature Support in August 2025 and will retire in December 2026. We encourage you to switch to using the item on the new organization as soon as possible to avoid any disruptions within your workflows. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below or email our Living Atlas Curator (livingatlascurator@esri.ca) The new version of this item can be found here The National Railway Network (NRWN) focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes of Canadian rail phenomena. The NRWN product is distributed in the form of eleven provincial or territorial datasets and consists of one linear feature (Track), four punctual features (Junction, Crossing, Marker Post, and Station), and one linear or punctual feature (Structure) with which is associated a series of descriptive attributes such as, among others: Track Classification, Track Name, Track Operator, Track User, Gauge, Number of Tracks, Electrification, Design Speeds, Subdivision Name; Junction Type; Level of Crossing, Crossing Type, Warning System, Transport Canada Identifier; Station Name, Station Type, Station User, Number of platforms; Structure Type. The available output file format for the product are: GML (Geography Markup Language) in ASCII and SHAPE (ESRI - TM) and KML (Keyhole Markup Language). Foe more information including documentation, contact and pre-packaged NRWN files see: National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase SeriesThe last release date: September 12, 2017, see release notes Le Réseau ferroviaire national (RFN) est une description géométrique et attributive du réseau ferroviaire Canadien.Le produit RFN comprend les classes : segment de voie ferroviaire, croisement ferroviaire, gare, panneau de point milliaire, jonction et structure ferroviaire.Les attributs descriptifs comprennent entre autres : classification de la voie, nom de la voie, exploitant de la voie, utilisateur de la voie, propriétaire de la voie, nom de la subdivision, type de jonction, type de croisement, niveau du croisement, système d'avertissement du croisement, identifiant de Transport Canada, nom de gare, type de gare, utilisateur de la gare, type de structure.