Crossings / Michigan / Battle Creek
Battle Creek
Michigan.
The federal crossing inventory lists 23 public at-grade railroad crossings in Battle Creek, MI, operated by 3 railroads. 16 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. operates 14 of the crossings here, 61% of the total, ahead of Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: intercity (17), freight (15) and shared use transit (8).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. | 14 | 61% |
| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | 8 | 35% |
| Michigan Department Of Transportation | 1 | 4% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at C Ave Nwatkins on GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. is credited with 16 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 23 is 15. These are counts the operating railroad reported to the FRA, not measurements, and a crossing's figure can be several years old.
The highest timetable speed recorded at any crossing here is 110 mph.
Warning devices
21 of the 23 crossings carry gates and 2 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
8 of the crossings (35%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 12 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 8 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Michigan Ave E/I9 — 3 reported incidents
- Kendall St — 2 reported incidents
- McCamly St — 2 reported incidents
- South Bedford Road — 2 reported incidents
- Capital Ave Sw — 1 reported incident
What this page is not
This is a summary of a federal inventory, not a measurement and not a rating. RailContext does not score crossings, streets or towns, and nothing here says a crossing is safe or unsafe, or that a neighbourhood is quiet or loud. Train counts are estimates the operating railroad filed, sometimes years ago, and a quiet zone does not guarantee silence.
To see the individual crossings nearest one address rather than a whole city, use the address check.