Crossings / Tennessee / Jackson
Jackson
Tennessee.
The federal crossing inventory lists 44 public at-grade railroad crossings in Jackson, TN, operated by 2 railroads. 7 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
West Tennessee Railroad, LLC operates 30 of the crossings here, 68% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 14.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (44).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| West Tennessee Railroad, LLC | 30 | 68% |
| CSX Transportation | 14 | 32% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Magnolia on West Tennessee Railroad, LLC is credited with 6 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 44 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 25 mph.
Warning devices
9 of the 44 crossings carry gates and 19 have flashing lights without gates. 16 (36%) 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 6 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Malone Road — 2 reported incidents
- Ebaltimore — 1 reported incident
- E Main — 1 reported incident
- E College — 1 reported incident
- Ashport Rd — 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 Tennessee cities on the inventory
- Memphis 157 crossings
- Knoxville 132 crossings
- Nashville 130 crossings
- Chattanooga 122 crossings
- Oak Ridge 49 crossings
- Morristown 44 crossings
- Lebanon 40 crossings
- Johnson City 36 crossings