Crossings / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
The federal crossing inventory lists 101 public at-grade railroad crossings in Philadelphia, PA, operated by 5 railroads. 36 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Consolidated Rail Corporation operates 72 of the crossings here, 71% of the total, ahead of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority at 13.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (78) and commuter (9).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | 72 | 71% |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | 13 | 13% |
| CSX Transportation | 8 | 8% |
| Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company | 7 | 7% |
| East Penn Railroad LLC | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Glen Willow Road - Parker Avenue on Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is credited with 53 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 101 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 70 mph.
Warning devices
16 of the 101 crossings carry gates and 29 have flashing lights without gates. 56 (55%) 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 13 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 6 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 58th St — 3 reported incidents
- Tioga St — 2 reported incidents
- Oregon Avenue — 1 reported incident
- School House Lane — 1 reported incident
- Delaware Ave East — 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 Pennsylvania cities on the inventory
- York 65 crossings
- Hanover 43 crossings
- Pittsburgh 37 crossings
- Wilkes Barre 37 crossings
- Greenville 33 crossings
- Erie 31 crossings
- Upper Darby 30 crossings
- Lewistown 27 crossings