Amtrak Stations - Data Dictionary
Abstract: The Amtrak Stations database is a geographic data set containing 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.
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FID |
Internal feature number. |
Long Integer representing an object identifier |
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Shape |
Feature geometry. |
Geometry |
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LONGITUDE |
The longitude of the point in decimal degrees with six implied decimal places. (Negative values are west longitude. Positive values are east longitude.) |
Double Precision Floating Point |
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LATITUDE |
The latitude of the point in decimal degrees with six implied decimal places. (Postivie values are north latitude. Negative values are south latitude.) |
Double Precision Floating Point |
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POINTID |
PointID is a sequential unique integer assigned to each record. |
Double Precision Floating Point |
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FEATUREID |
Amtrak station code - a unique three character identifier assigned to the Amtrak station |
Character String |
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DESCRIPT |
Amtrak station name |
Character String |
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STR_ADDRES |
Street address of station |
Character String |
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CITY |
Name of city where station is located |
Character String |
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STATE |
State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation and includes Canadian Provinces and Mexican States. |
Character String |
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ZIPCODE |
Postal ZIP Code for station |
Character String |
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STATUS |
Station status in 2000 |
Character String |
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RR1 |
Operator of Amtrak service at that point. |
Character String |
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RR2 |
First additional provider of Amtrak service at that station. |
Character String |
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RR3 |
Second additional provider of Amtrak service at that station. |
Character String |
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RR4 |
Third additional provider of Amtrak service at that station. |
Character String |
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RR5 |
Fourth additional provider of Amtrak service at that station. |
Character String |
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RR6 |
Fifth additional provider of Amtrak service at that station. |
Character String |
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SPLC |
The Standard Point Location Code of the station/city |
Character String |
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NODE |
The value of the node in FRA's 1:2 Million scale rail network for the station/city |
Double Precision Floating Point |
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PA |
Estimate of positional accuracy |
Character String |
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COUNTRY |
Identifier to the country the station is located |
Character String |
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STFIPS |
Two digit State FIPS Code |
Character String |
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VERSION |
The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. |
Character String |
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REVISION |
REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields. |
Character String |
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