El Paso
Texas.
The federal crossing inventory lists 73 public at-grade railroad crossings in El Paso, TX, operated by 2 railroads. 24 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 51 of the crossings here, 70% of the total, ahead of BNSF Railway Company at 22.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (73) and intercity (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 51 | 70% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 22 | 30% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at North San Marcial Street on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 23 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 73 is 6. 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
49 of the 73 crossings carry gates and 6 have flashing lights without gates. 18 (25%) 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
9 of the crossings (12%) 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 25 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 7 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- North Piedras Street — 3 reported incidents
- FM 1505/North Clark Street — 2 reported incidents
- New Haven Drive — 2 reported incidents
- Pendale Road — 2 reported incidents
- East Missouri Avenue — 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 Texas cities on the inventory
- Houston 424 crossings
- Dallas 214 crossings
- San Antonio 208 crossings
- Fort Worth 171 crossings
- Beaumont 119 crossings
- Lubbock 96 crossings
- Laredo 83 crossings
- Austin 82 crossings