HIFLD OPEN North American Rail Network Nodes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); United States Department of Transportation; United States Department of Homeland Security

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Project Citation: 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department of Transportation, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN North American Rail Network Nodes. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-12-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240894V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN North American Rail Network Nodes
Summary:  View help for Summary The North American Rail Network (NARN) Rail Nodes dataset was created in 2016 and was updated on October 16, 2024 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.

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.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD Open; GIS; National Transportation Atlas Database; Rail; Network; Nodes; Transportation Ground; Feature Service; Open Data; Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Planning; Infrastructure
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage North America
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2016 – 10/16/2024
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025.


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