Crossings / Indiana / Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indiana.
The federal crossing inventory lists 167 public at-grade railroad crossings in Indianapolis, IN, operated by 4 railroads. 42 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
CSX Transportation operates 140 of the crossings here, 84% of the total, ahead of Indiana Rail Road Company at 14.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (153), intercity (31) and shared use transit (20).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CSX Transportation | 140 | 84% |
| Indiana Rail Road Company | 14 | 8% |
| Louisville & Indiana Railroad Company | 8 | 5% |
| INDIANA SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, INC. | 5 | 3% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at East Edgewood Ave on Louisville & Indiana Railroad Company is credited with 8 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 167 is 0. 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
70 of the 167 crossings carry gates and 54 have flashing lights without gates. 43 (26%) 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 71 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 22 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Troy Avenue — 8 reported incidents
- Rural Street — 5 reported incidents
- Commerce Avenue — 4 reported incidents
- Dearborn St — 4 reported incidents
- Sherman Drive — 4 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 Indiana cities on the inventory
- Terre Haute 107 crossings
- Evansville 98 crossings
- Gary 89 crossings
- Anderson 81 crossings
- Kokomo 77 crossings
- Michigan City 72 crossings
- Muncie 63 crossings
- Hammond 57 crossings