Crossings / California / San Diego
San Diego
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 103 public at-grade railroad crossings in San Diego, CA, operated by 5 railroads. 76 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
San Diego Trolley Incorporated operates 45 of the crossings here, 44% of the total, ahead of BNSF Railway Company at 20.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (69), transit (49), intercity (16) and commuter (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Trolley Incorporated | 45 | 44% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 20 | 19% |
| Metropolitan Transit Development Board | 20 | 19% |
| North County Transportation District- Coaster | 13 | 13% |
| Baja California Railroad Inc. | 5 | 5% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Friars Rd on San Diego Trolley Incorporated is credited with 214 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 103 is 120. 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 65 mph.
Warning devices
53 of the 103 crossings carry gates and 6 have flashing lights without gates. 44 (43%) 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
12 of the crossings (12%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 62 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 23 deaths and 18 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Washington St — 9 reported incidents
- Taylor St — 5 reported incidents
- Palm St — 5 reported incidents
- Hawthorn St — 4 reported incidents
- 28th St — 3 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
- Los Angeles 164 crossings
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- Oakland 91 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings
- Bakersfield 69 crossings