Title

Victorian Rail Freight Facilities 

Alternate title

VIC_RAIL_FREIGHT_FACILITIES 

Purpose

This layer was created to identify rail freight facilities 

Credit

Kalu Ribush 

Supplemental Information

History: The data is based in part on historic railway data maintained by the Department of Transport (DoT). The data locations and attributes were checked by David Hill. Current Design Issues: The corridor dataset is a simplification of the rail network. Some rail corridor contain a single track and other corridors contain multiple parallel tracks. In areas where the rail network is dense, such as around the ports precinct, representing the precinct as a corridor is not a true representation of the network. The data includes all major active railway corridors as advised by rail experts in the department. However, the status of some freight corridors may change. There are some sections of the rail network which are referred to as under "minimum maintenance" and may be used irregularly. The amount of rail activity on some freight corridors is seasonal and will depend on the agricultural harvest. Related Documents: None 

Status

Completed  

Code

4283 

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed  

Title

DIGITAL 5 

Topic category

• Transportation

Use limitation

Unrestricted 

Classification

Limited Distribution  

Statement

Dataset Source: The data was created by the Transport Analysis and Assessment Branch of the Department of Transport (DoT) Dataset Originality: Primary 

Description

Collection Method: On screen digitising relative to other spatial data and aerial photography 

Description

Locations of the facilities was based on historic freight datasets and knowledge from rail experts within the department. The locations the grain terminals was derivied from GrainCorp, GrainFlow and Emerald Grain websites and mapped against historic railway stations data. 

Classification

Unclassified  

Attribute Quality

Comments

The attributes and status of corridors has been check by David Hill (DEDJTR) and are current at the time of publication. 

Positional Accuracy

Comments

Estimated to be 1:25,000 

Conceptual Consistency

Comments

Not stated 

Missing Data

Comments

This dataset covers all of Victoria and railway extension into southern NSW 

Excess Data