Hackensack
New Jersey.

Who runs the track

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations operates 11 of the crossings here, 73% of the total, ahead of New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Company at 4.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (15) and commuter (11).

Railroad	Crossings	Share
New Jersey Transit Rail Operations	11	73%
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Company	4	27%

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Temple Avenue on New Jersey Transit Rail Operations is credited with 70 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 15 is 70. 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 40 mph.

Warning devices

15 of the 15 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. 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 9 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 3 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Clinton Place — 2 reported incidents
• Passaic Street — 2 reported incidents
• Essex Street — 2 reported incidents
• Central Avenue — 1 reported incident
• Lodi Street — 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.