Crossings / California / Los Angeles
Los Angeles
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 164 public at-grade railroad crossings in Los Angeles, CA, operated by 6 railroads. 45 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 69 of the crossings here, 42% of the total, ahead of PACIFIC HARBOR LINE, INC. at 39.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (146), commuter (31), intercity (22) and transit (2).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 69 | 42% |
| PACIFIC HARBOR LINE, INC. | 39 | 24% |
| Southern California Regional Rail Authority | 31 | 19% |
| Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans Authority | 12 | 7% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 10 | 6% |
| Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority | 3 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at 108th St on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans Authority is credited with 208 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 164 is 1. 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
116 of the 164 crossings carry gates and 14 have flashing lights without gates. 34 (21%) 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 70 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 17 deaths and 28 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Sunland Bl — 5 reported incidents
- Lomita Blvd — 4 reported incidents
- Vermont Avenue — 3 reported incidents
- South Alameda Street — 3 reported incidents
- Lomita Ave — 2 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 California cities on the inventory
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- San Diego 103 crossings
- Oakland 91 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings
- Bakersfield 69 crossings