Crossings / Michigan / Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
Michigan.
The federal crossing inventory lists 69 public at-grade railroad crossings in Grand Rapids, MI, operated by 5 railroads. 19 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
CSX Transportation operates 36 of the crossings here, 52% of the total, ahead of GRAND RAPIDS EASTERN RAILROAD INC. at 18.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (68), intercity (33) and shared use transit (5).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CSX Transportation | 36 | 52% |
| GRAND RAPIDS EASTERN RAILROAD INC. | 18 | 26% |
| Grand Elk Railroad, LLC | 13 | 19% |
| Marquette Rail LLC | 1 | 1% |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Godfrey Avenue on CSX Transportation is credited with 7 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 69 is 3. 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 25 mph.
Warning devices
36 of the 69 crossings carry gates and 23 have flashing lights without gates. 10 (14%) 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 7 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Kalamazoo Avenue — 1 reported incident
- Madison Ave — 1 reported incident
- Division Street — 1 reported incident
- Stevens Street — 1 reported incident
- Century Ave — 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.