Crossings / Georgia / Columbus
Columbus
Georgia.
The federal crossing inventory lists 82 public at-grade railroad crossings in Columbus, GA, operated by 3 railroads. 15 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 58 of the crossings here, 71% of the total, ahead of Georgia Southwestern Railroad Inc. at 17.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (81).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 58 | 71% |
| Georgia Southwestern Railroad Inc. | 17 | 21% |
| Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad, Inc. | 7 | 9% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at 9th Avenue on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 19 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 82 is 1. 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 49 mph.
Warning devices
39 of the 82 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 39 (48%) 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 12 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 6 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 9th Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- 10th Avenue — 1 reported incident
- 10th Avenue — 1 reported incident
- 10th St — 1 reported incident
- Oakview Avenue — 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.