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Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Office
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
GIS Program Manager
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington
DC
20590
United States
FRAGIS@dot.gov
2026-02-03
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NTAD Program Manager
none
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington
DC
20590
US
ntad@dot.gov
None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Open Data Catalog
1.0
Hosted Downloads
Web page to view and download dataset. The file download formats available include: ESRI File Geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoPackage, Comma-Seperated Values (CSV), Microsoft Excel, GeoJSON, KML, Feature Collection, and SQLite Geodatabase.
ZIP
https://doi.org/10.21949/1519415
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NTAD Program Manager
none
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington
DC
20590
US
ntad@dot.gov
None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS)
11.5
https://ienccloud.us/arcgis/sdk/rest/index.html#/Feature_Service/02ss0000007v000000/
complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information
https://doi.org/10.21949/1519417
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
NTAD Program Manager
none
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington
DC
20590
US
ntad@dot.gov
None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
ArcGIS Online Hosted Vector Tile Service
June 2025
https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/portal-and-data-services/data-services/vector-tile-services/introduction/
ArcGIS Online Hosted Esri ArcGIS Vector Tile Service for visualizing geospatial information
https://doi.org/10.21949/1522251
North American Rail Network Lines
1995-07-01
2026-01-29
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
vector digital data
National Transportation Atlas Database
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
North American Rail Network (NARN) can be used within the public, the federal government, rail industry, state DOTs, and academia for routing, mapping and analysis.
Acknowledgment of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor].
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) GIS Office
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
GIS Program Manager
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington
DC
20590
United States
FRAGIS@dot.gov
USA
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NGDA
National Geospatial Data Asset
Transportation Theme
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Atlas
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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.
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.
National Transportation Atlas Database
2026-01-29
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Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
The North American Rail Network was created using the preexisting FRA network 1:100k, the FRA Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP) data, and the data provided to NGA by ORNL. The source data of the spatial features was based on FRA’s ATIP foot by foot coordinates, where it existed, and the NGA/ORNL spatial content.
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A data dictionary resource of attribute information is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1528950