Railway Infrastructure Geospatial Layers for Québec

Geospatial data from the Government of Québec provides a geometric and conventional representation of the rail system for planning purposes. It includes layers for railway lines, engineering structures, docks, and crossing accessories. The dataset was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze railway line (CARTO-FER-VOIE) density and connectivity for network planning.
• Identify locations of railway engineering structures (CARTO-FER-PONT) for infrastructure maintenance modeling.
• Map level crossing accessories (CARTO-IR-ACCESSORY) to assess safety and crossing point inventory.
• Locate embarkation/disembarkation docks (CARTO-FER-DEBARCADERE) for freight and passenger logistics studies.

Strengths

• Contains multiple structured geospatial layers (CARTO-FER-VOIE, CARTO-FER-PONT, etc.) for detailed analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative Government and Municipalities of Québec.
• Updated recently with a last update timestamp of March 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown total feature count (rows) and specific attribute columns (schema).
• Data scope is limited to the geography of Québec, not national or international.
• Relies on automated translation for third-party metadata, which may introduce ambiguity.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Digital cartographic compilation for planning purposes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25.

Geography

Québec, Canada