Railway - DCRRA

Tracks used by trains in BC, mapped as lines between junctions. Each track is split where attributes change, sourced from the National Railway Network.

In the real world, a Track provides a guide for the movement of trains and other equipment. In general, one linear feature represents the two rails of a Track. A Track is bounded by two Junction points and is segmented at each change in attributes along its course. This data is the BC portion, obtained from the National Railway Network.

The National Railway 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.

Limitations

Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) Hazard Threat Analysis (2024), details limitations for Linear facilities (road, rail, utilities) in Appendix B.

Source

National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (2017)

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• BC HIT
• DCRRA
• Hazard Insights Tool
• Input
• NRWN
• Network
• Rail
• Railway
• Track

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (54%)
• Maturity Level 2 (69%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (10%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (38%)

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Last Updated	March 25, 2026, 01:46 (UTC)
Created	March 25, 2026, 01:46 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Railway - DCRRA
Description A description of the dataset.	Tracks used by trains in BC, mapped as lines between junctions. Each track is split where attributes change, sourced from the National Railway Network. In the real world, a Track provides a guide for the movement of trains and other equipment. In general, one linear feature represents the two rails of a Track. A Track is bounded by two Junction points and is segmented at each change in attributes along its course. This data is the BC portion, obtained from the National Railway Network. The National Railway 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. Limitations Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) Hazard Threat Analysis (2024), details limitations for Linear facilities (road, rail, utilities) in Appendix B. Source National Railway Network - NRWN - GeoBase Series (2017)
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	BC HIT DCRRA Hazard Insights Tool Input NRWN Network Rail Railway Track
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	8072.0
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2024-02-01
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

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Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).	public
License License used to access the dataset.	Licensed under Access Only . These data are Copyright © Province of British Columbia . All rights reserved. The EM GeoHUB and associated materials, including map applications ("Maps"), trade-marks and official marks (collectively, "Materials"), are owned or used under license by the Province of British Columbia ("Province") and are protected by copyright and trade-mark laws. Please see the Disclaimer for further details.The Province does not collect, use or disclose personal information through the ArcGIS Online website. Please be aware, however, that IP addresses are collected by Esri and are stored on Esri's servers located outside of Canada. For further information, including the purposes for which your IP address is collected, please see Esri's Privacy Policy at: https://www.esri.com/en-us/privacy/privacy-statements/privacy-statement . By accessing or using the EM GeoHUB, you consent, effective as of the date of such access or use, to Esri storing and accessing your IP address outside of Canada for the purposes described in Esri's Privacy Policy.
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://bchazardinsightstool-bcgov03.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/bcgov03::railway-dcrra
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	PX.DCRRA.Edit
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	EM GeoHub
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/about-data-management/geobc
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.	EM GeoHub
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.	PX.DCRRA.Edit
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2026-02-20

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Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	d2b06358459c4378853e4085e407a1c9
Language Language(s) of the dataset	English
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.	https://bchazardinsightstool-bcgov03.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/bcgov03::railway-dcrra
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

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Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.	EM GeoHub
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

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Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.	9496
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.	3
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.	28488
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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