Crossings / Illinois / East St Louis
East St Louis
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 43 public at-grade railroad crossings in East St Louis, IL, operated by 6 railroads. 23 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis operates 14 of the crossings here, 33% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 11.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (33) and intercity (4).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis | 14 | 33% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 11 | 26% |
| BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ST. LOUIS | 10 | 23% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 6 | 14% |
| CSX Transportation | 1 | 2% |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company | 1 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Broadway Blvd on BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ST. LOUIS is credited with 198 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 43 is 18. 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 90 mph.
Warning devices
36 of the 43 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 3 (7%) 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 4 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Trendley Avenue — 1 reported incident
- South 19th Street — 1 reported incident
- Ridge Avenue — 1 reported incident
- Front St Cargill — 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.