Description

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.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (Group layer)	WMS		https://cartes.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/railway_fr?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities&layers=railway&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html
Provincial and territorial pre-packaged NRWN files available in Shapefiles, KML and GML format (download directory)	ESRI Shape		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/geobase_nrwn_rfn/
Documentation related to National Railway Network (NRWN)	PDF		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/geobase_nrwn_rfn/doc/
Index of available files (drag and drop the kmz file in Google Earth to localize your region of interest)	Unknown		https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/vector/geobase_nrwn_rfn/index/nrwn_rfn_index_prov.kmz
National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (Group layer)	WMS		https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/railway_en?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities&layers=railway&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/html

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