Crossings / Michigan / Charlotte
Charlotte
Michigan.
The federal crossing inventory lists 23 public at-grade railroad crossings in Charlotte, MI, operated by 2 railroads. 11 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. operates 15 of the crossings here, 65% of the total, ahead of Charlotte Southern Railroad Company at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (23), intercity (15), shared use transit (15) and tourist/other (8).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. | 15 | 65% |
| Charlotte Southern Railroad Company | 8 | 35% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Five Point Hwy on GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. is credited with 15 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 65 mph.
Warning devices
15 of the 23 crossings carry gates and 3 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (22%) have neither, which means crossbucks, a stop sign, or no marking the inventory records at all. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.
Incident history
Form 57 records 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Clinton St — 2 reported incidents
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.