Crossings / Louisiana / Franklin
Franklin
Louisiana.
The federal crossing inventory lists 10 public at-grade railroad crossings in Franklin, LA, operated by 2 railroads. Each carries a single track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 9 of the crossings here, 90% of the total, ahead of LOUISIANA DELTA RAILROAD at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (10) and intercity (9).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 9 | 90% |
| LOUISIANA DELTA RAILROAD | 1 | 10% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Willow St on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 10 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 10 is 5. 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 70 mph.
Warning devices
9 of the 10 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 1 (10%) 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Northwest Blvd — 1 reported incident
- Willow St — 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 Louisiana cities on the inventory
- New Orleans 119 crossings
- Baton Rouge 104 crossings
- Monroe 87 crossings
- Shreveport 77 crossings
- Lake Charles 64 crossings
- New Iberia 55 crossings
- Bossier City 51 crossings
- Opelousas 38 crossings