Crossings / Arkansas / Fort Smith
Fort Smith
Arkansas.
The federal crossing inventory lists 114 public at-grade railroad crossings in Fort Smith, AR, operated by 4 railroads. 28 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
FORT SMITH RAILROAD CO. operates 68 of the crossings here, 60% of the total, ahead of Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Company at 38.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (109) and tourist/other (3).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| FORT SMITH RAILROAD CO. | 68 | 60% |
| Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Company | 38 | 33% |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company | 7 | 6% |
| CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at North A St on FORT SMITH RAILROAD CO. is credited with 4 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 114 is 2. 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 35 mph.
Warning devices
8 of the 114 crossings carry gates and 16 have flashing lights without gates. 90 (79%) 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 13 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- N6th St — 2 reported incidents
- Fresno St — 2 reported incidents
- Spradling Avenue — 1 reported incident
- Phoenix Avenue — 1 reported incident
- Jenny Lind Road — 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.
Other Arkansas cities on the inventory
- North Little Rock 57 crossings
- Little Rock 54 crossings
- Crossett 51 crossings
- Jonesboro 51 crossings
- Hope 41 crossings
- Pine Bluff 41 crossings
- Stuttgart 41 crossings
- Blytheville 36 crossings