Principal Freight Network 2021 Rail Lines

dataset: PFN_2021_RAIL_LINE
THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM OPEN DATA 25 MARCH 2025 The Principal Freight Network (PFN) is a strategic network of current and recognised future freight places and connecting movement corridors (road and rail) which are nationally, state and/or regionally significant. The PFN places and corridors are where freight of significant quantity, value or importance is generated, stored, distributed, handled or carried. This dataset depicts rail corridors which form part of the PFN. This includes existing freight corridors and planned corridors. PFN Rail Corridors are classified as: PFN Rail: a rail corridor that forms part of the PFN PFN Rail - in delivery: a rail corridor on the network that has committed funding and is in delivery PFN Rail - planned: a potential rail corridor identified for inclusion on the PFN once funded PFN Rail - area for potential PFN (polygons): an area identified that will contain a future rail corridor that will form part of the PFN once funded The PFN was reviewed and updated in 2021 through consultation with local government and industry, building on the previous PFN which was last updated in 2013.
 
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Principal Freight Network 2021 Rail Lines

Department of Transport and Planning
 

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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803008947 
Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
TRANSPORT:PFN_2021_RAIL_LINE 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Transportation
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
Unrestricted 
Classification
Restricted  
 

Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )
2022-02-16
Date ( Publication )
2021-08-19T02:38:22
Status
Withdrawn  
Purpose
The purpose of the PFN is to facilitate the efficient, safe, sustainable and economic movement of freight in Victoria and enable future growth of the freight task on the Victorian transport network by: 1) GUIDING future transport network and land use planning and infrastructure investment to ensure consideration and prioritisation of freight. 2) PROTECTING the principal freight network and future capacity of this network through appropriate legislation, planning scheme and policy provision. 3) INTEGRATING multi-modal supply chains and end-to-end supply chains to achieve productivity gains and industry competitiveness. 
Supplemental Information
History: The version updates the PFN network which was last updated in 2013 Related Documents: None https://transport.vic.gov.au/getting-around/walking-and-cycling/strategic-cycling-corridors 
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned  
Maintenance date ( Publication )
2021-08-19T02:38:22
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Description
General - Victoria 
Reference system identifier
4283

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Temporal

Begin date
2021-06-24 
End date
2021-06-24 
 

Quality

Missing Data
This dataset covers Victoria 
Positional Accuracy
Where possible on road segments are snapped to the road network. Off road segments are snapped to Vicmap Trails or aligned with aerial photography 
 

Lineage

Description
The Rail PFN data was created based on rail corridor centrelines. For future Rail PFN links, the alignments were based on conceptual alignments or if the alignment is not known, then an appoximate polygon has been represented. 
Statement
Dataset Source: The data was created by Freight Victoria and the Mapping Team of the Department of Transport (DoT). Victoria. Dataset Originality: Primary 
 

Attributes

Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition
LINE_NAME O N VARCHAR2 60 LINE_NAME
STATUS O N VARCHAR2 50 STATUS
SECTION_NAME O N VARCHAR2 50 SEC_NAME
SE_ANNO_CAD_DATA O N BLOB 4000 SEANNOCAD
 

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urn:uuid / 6730982f-3e1b-503f-aabb-b503abc2187b

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Dataset  
Date info ( Creation )
2025-03-25T10:08:27
Date info ( Revision )
2025-07-02T10:38:37
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24  
 

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Unclassified  
 
 

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