Crossings / Michigan / Detroit
Detroit
Michigan.
The federal crossing inventory lists 154 public at-grade railroad crossings in Detroit, MI, operated by 7 railroads. 58 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Consolidated Rail Corporation operates 65 of the crossings here, 42% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 52.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (149), intercity (8) and shared use transit (5).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | 65 | 42% |
| CSX Transportation | 52 | 34% |
| GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INC. | 14 | 9% |
| Detroit Connecting Railroad | 8 | 5% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 7 | 5% |
| Adrian & Blissfield Railroad | 5 | 3% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Dearborn Ave on CSX Transportation is credited with 29 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 154 is 0. 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 50 mph.
Warning devices
77 of the 154 crossings carry gates and 36 have flashing lights without gates. 41 (27%) 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 46 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 22 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- W Chicago Blvd — 8 reported incidents
- 7 Mile Rd — 3 reported incidents
- Joy Rd — 2 reported incidents
- Joy Rd — 2 reported incidents
- Livernois Ave D — 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.
Other Michigan cities on the inventory
- Kalamazoo 85 crossings
- Bay City 76 crossings
- Saginaw 72 crossings
- Grand Rapids 69 crossings
- Holland 60 crossings
- Monroe 58 crossings
- Lansing 46 crossings
- Traverse City 37 crossings