GOVERNMENT
Strengthen System Planning & Safety with Rail Network Intelligence
Gain independent insights to your rail network so your agency can improve oversight, make informed plans, and enhance safety to support your region's economic growth.
RailState for Government
Your agency needs current rail data but relies on years-old reports and incomplete information. This hampers infrastructure planning and limits effective oversight when data-driven decisions matter most.
RailState delivers rail network intelligence that empowers you to plan smarter and respond faster. Our current, independent data gives your agency the insights you need to make informed investments and support economic growth.
Respond Faster To Rail Issues
Actionable data about your region’s rail network have been unavailable or delayed, leaving your agency and partners uninformed or slow to act.
Use the only source of immediate rail network insights to demonstrate agency impact and keep stakeholders always up-to-date.
- Data accessible 24/7 with 100% uptime
- Low latency data available less than 25 minutes from measurement
- Customized alerts for disruptions and network changes
Plan Smarter with Current, Empirical Data
Freight and rail planning has relied on outdated datasets like the Carload Waybill Sample that don’t reflect the current reality and can skew projections.
Accelerate your planning with comprehensive data on rail network performance and ensure you’re building a reliable transportation network for the future based on facts, not assumptions.
- Accurate measures of train, railcar, and container volumes
- Detailed commodity flows through specific corridors
- Models based on current real-world conditions, not stale projections
Make Stronger Public Investments
Major public project decisions should not be based on analyses using unverified carrier-supplied data or overly restrictive agreements on data access.
Give capital projects and public funding decisions the analyses they deserve using the best data available.
- Data-driven support for better project applications
- Independent validation of railroad-supplied information
- All train traffic data needed to accurately evaluate capacity
Prioritize Blocked Crossing Remedies
Today’s longer trains are an increasing source of local pain — frustrating commuters, harming local economies, and increasing safety risks for residents.
Measure the true impact and prioritize fixes using the only network-aware solution for blocked crossing risk.
- Identify when and where long trains most frequently block crossings
- Quantify community impact with real numbers on the delays affecting commuters and emergency vehicles
- Instant alerts of incoming trains and advanced warnings for traffic rerouting
Promote HAZMAT Safety
You can’t plan for what you don’t know. Emergency planners today have almost no actionable information about hazardous materials moving through their communities.
Get the tools your officials need to understand HAZMAT traffic when it matters most, so you can evaluate risks and plan responses proactively.
- Current volumes of HAZMAT placarded railcars, including empties
- Corridor and segment-specific trends for local planning and response
- Alerts for unusual surges in HAZMAT traffic, so you’re never caught off guard
Drive More Effective Rail Inspections
State rail inspectors are responsible for thousands of miles of track but don’t have the resources to be everywhere.
Empower your inspection teams to target where they are needed most and ensure the effective use of time and resources.
- Clear insights into changes in traffic mix and speeds
- Detailed consist information for every train for pinpoint precision
- A growing internal database for training new inspectors and analyzing long-term trends
Why work with RailState?
Track Record
Our team has more than one hundred years of collective experience working in the rail industry. For more than 5 years we’ve provided federal, state, and provincial agencies across North America with access to the best source of rail network data, which is now based on more than 4.5 billion images of trains moving on the network.
Easily Integrated
We connect quickly into your existing tools and workflows. Either through an easy-to-use web interface accessible from any browser or direct connection through our API, which some experienced data analysts have described as “a dream to use.”
Fast Deployment
If we have coverage in your area, you can get data access right away. If we don’t have coverage in your area yet, we can be up and running fast. New sensors can be installed and providing you rail network data in less than 4 weeks.
Reliability
RailState sensors have been battle-tested in the field for years and consistently performing through all weather conditions, from driving snow and rain to temperatures as low as -45 degrees and as high as 120 degrees.
No Capital Expenditures
There are no equipment or maintenance costs working with RailState. All commercial agreements are subscriptions for data. We handle all equipment setup and maintenance work for our sensors.
Certified Small Business
RailState is a certified small business with corporate entities and teams in both the United States and Canada.
Our Coverage Area
Our network is already continent-wide. We have complete coverage across Canada, all major U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico border crossings, and we’re rapidly expanding across the United States.
Check the map to see current and planned coverage.
- Blue: Up to 4 years of data history
- Green: Coming online within the next 90 days
Latest Insights
Container Crunch Canada: Tackling Increased Dwell, March 2025
Cross-Border Rail Volumes – March 5, 2025
Cross-Border Rail Volumes – March 4, 2025
Cross-Border Rail Volumes – March 3, 2025
Cross-Border Rail Volumes – March 2, 2025
