Railway Infrastructure in New South Wales, GDA2020 Coordinate System

Railway - NSW Transport Theme - GDA2020 Service is a geospatial dataset representing railway lines in New South Wales, Australia. It is maintained by Spatial Services within the Foundational Spatial Data Framework and includes attributes such as railway name and on-type. The data supports applications like emergency services delivery, mapping, and infrastructure planning.

Use Cases

• Mapping railway networks for navigation based on line features.
• Planning infrastructure development based on railway location and type.
• Managing transportation assets based on attributes like railway name and on-type.
• Delivering emergency services using accurate railway location data.

Strengths

• Data aligns with the national GDA2020 standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Includes key attributes such as railway name and on-type (e.g., onground, onbridge, intunnel).
• Continuously updated through stakeholder input, field investigation, and aerial imagery.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data currency date is listed as 01/01/3000, which is likely a placeholder and not indicative of actual freshness.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service (DCS), New South Wales.

Collection Method

Data is sourced from stakeholders, verified from internal and external databases, field investigation, and updated aerial imagery.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 02:25:34.882292; update frequency is listed as 'Other'.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.