National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series
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.
Metadata
Date Created
2012
Date Published
2016-10
Temporal Coverage
2012-11 - Present
Access in last 30 days
450
All time access
2,460
Source(s) and Citation
Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector. (2016-10). National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series. Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector.
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National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (Group layer)
Type:
Web Service
Format:
WMS
Languages:
English
National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (Group layer)
Type:
Web Service
Format:
WMS
Languages:
French
Provincial and territorial pre-packaged NRWN files available in Shapefiles, KML and GML format (download directory)
Type:
Dataset
Format:
SHP
Languages:
English, French
Documentation related to National Railway Network (NRWN)
Type:
Supporting Document
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Languages:
English, French
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)
Type:
Supporting Document
Format:
KMZ
Languages:
English, French
Related keywords
canada, earth sciences, geobase, nrwn, transport, railway networks, rail transport, railway installations, rail transport industry, railway networks
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