Alberta Railway Network Geospatial Features

Base Features Access Railway is the authoritative geospatial layer for railway data in Alberta, Canada. The dataset is part of a broader Access collection that includes roads, powerlines, and industrial facilities. It is published and maintained by the Government of Alberta.

Use Cases

• Analyze railway network density and connectivity across Alberta using spatial geometry features.
• Model proximity of industrial facilities or other infrastructure to railway lines for risk assessment.
• Integrate railway features with other Access collection layers like roads and trails for multi-modal transportation analysis.
• Perform spatial queries to identify railway segments near specific geographic coordinates or administrative boundaries.

Strengths

• Authoritative source for railway data in the province of Alberta.
• Part of an integrated Access data collection enabling cross-layer analysis.
• Maintained with a recent update timestamp of 2026-03-04.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of features or rows, making dataset scale difficult to assess.
• Geographic scope is limited exclusively to the province of Alberta.
• Specific attributes and column schema for railway features are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Updated on 2026-03-04.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada.