Crossings / Washington / Kennewick
Kennewick
Washington.
The federal crossing inventory lists 51 public at-grade railroad crossings in Kennewick, WA, operated by 3 railroads. 10 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 25 of the crossings here, 49% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 20.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (51) and intercity (9).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 25 | 49% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 20 | 39% |
| KET LLC D.B.A KENNEWICK TERMINAL RAILROAD | 6 | 12% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Chemical Rd. 9715 on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 32 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 51 is 2. 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
27 of the 51 crossings carry gates and 5 have flashing lights without gates. 19 (37%) 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 1 death and 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Toothaker Rd — 3 reported incidents
- Bruneau Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- Perkins RD7572 — 1 reported incident
- N Fruitland 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 Washington cities on the inventory
- Seattle 123 crossings
- Yakima 85 crossings
- Tacoma 84 crossings
- Spokane 67 crossings
- Walla Walla 54 crossings
- Centralia 41 crossings
- Moses Lake 35 crossings
- Kent 34 crossings