Amtrak Stations database is a point theme representing Amtrak intercity railroad passenger terminals in the United States and Canada. Attribute data include services and passenger amenities provided at the station.
Purpose
The data set provides location and attribute information for use in national and regional cartographic and network analysis applications.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2008
Bounding Box
West
-124.211990
East
-68.670621
North
48.720486
South
25.849848
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Train stations
Amtrak
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2008
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Delivery Point
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Delivery Point
MS 15
City
Washington
State
DC
Postal Code
20590
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
202.493.6415
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
All point records are represented by a single coordinate pair and a unique feature identifier; the Amtrak Station Code (stored in the STNCODE field). Attribute data can be matched to specific point records using this identifier.
Completeness Report
The database includes all Amtrak railroad and thruway bus stations listed in the Amtrak timetables mentioned above.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Amtrak
Publication Date
2000
Title
Amtrak Spring/Summer National and Summer/Fall Northeast Timetables
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
document
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Publisher
Amtrak
Type of Source Media
paper
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2000
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Passenger station addresses and characteristic attributes
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
843
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
amtrk_sta
Entity Type Definition
Train Stations
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
STNCODE
Unique Station Code (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
STNNAME
City and State of the station (Character Value)
Definition Source
FRA
ADDRESS1
Street address of the station (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
ADDRESS2
Street address of the station, if app. (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
CITY
Name of city where station is located (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
STATE
State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
ZIP
Postal ZIP Code for station (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
STNTYPE
Type of Station
BUS
Station is a Bus location
RAIL
Station is a rail location
OTHER
Station serves other modes
Definition Source
FRA
LAT
The latitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South latitude and positive values indicating North latitude. (-90 to 90)
Definition Source
FRA
LON
The longitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West longitude and positive values indicating East longitude. (-180 to 180)
Definition Source
FRA
STFIPS
State FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), Publication 6-4.National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).)
Definition Source
BTS
VERSION
The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. (00 to 99)
Definition Source
RITA/BTS
Distribution Information
Format Name
ESRI Software
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090601
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
