HIFLD OPEN Railroads

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

Version:  View help for Version V1

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metadata.xml application/xml 1.4 KB 12/03/2025 07:38:AM
railroads-geojson.zip application/zip 43.1 MB 11/06/2025 07:35:PM
railroads-shapefile.zip application/zip 33.6 MB 11/06/2025 07:38:PM

Project Citation: 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Railroads. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-12-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240896V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Railroads
Summary:  View help for Summary Railroad includes spur lines, rail yards, mass transit rail lines such as carlines, streetcar tracks, monorail or other mass transit rail, and special purpose rail lines such as cog rail lines, incline rail lines and trams.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB24/tlgdb_2024_a_us_rails.gdb.zipMetadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/series_tl_2023_roads.shp.iso.xml
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; HIFLD; Transportation; Roads; Primary; Secondary; Local; Railroads; National Geospatial Data Asset; NGDA; Feature Service; SDI; NSDI; Open Data; FGDC; Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Planning; Infrastructure
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 6/5/2024 – 6/5/2024
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. (Downloaded 08/26)


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