The three major elements of
the Kentucky Statewide Rail Plan are
as follows:
* Rail System: Freight and Passenger
* Rail Safety
* Rails To Trails Program
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the Kentucky Statewide Rail Plan as Adobe Acrobat file
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The Utilities
& Rails Branch of the Division of Right of Way
and Utilities maintains an inventory of rail crossings
of public roads throughout the state. The branch is responsible
for prioritizing safety upgrades to public rail/highway
crossings, programming funding for the work done to maintain
and upgrade the crossings.
To download Kentucky’s
GIS rail data, go to the Kentucky Geography Network website (http://kygeonet.ky.gov/metadataexplorer/ ) and enter "Railroad" in the optional keyword
area. (Rail switchyards, abandoned and active rail are
available for download. Periodic updates to the GIS rail
data will be made due to changes, additions, and subtractions
of rail lines and ownership. Rails to Trails data will
also be available in the near future.)
