Crossings / Georgia / Savannah
Savannah
Georgia.
The federal crossing inventory lists 81 public at-grade railroad crossings in Savannah, GA, operated by 6 railroads. 18 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 32 of the crossings here, 40% of the total, ahead of Savannah & Old Fort Railroad, L.L.C. at 24.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (75), intercity (7), shared use transit (3) and tourist/other (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 32 | 40% |
| Savannah & Old Fort Railroad, L.L.C. | 24 | 30% |
| CSX Transportation | 16 | 20% |
| Department Of Defense - Other | 6 | 7% |
| Georgia Central Railway, L.P. | 2 | 2% |
| WATCO SWITCHING | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Telfair Road on CSX Transportation is credited with 24 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 81 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
43 of the 81 crossings carry gates and 2 have flashing lights without gates. 36 (44%) 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
11 of the crossings (14%) 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 11 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Victory Dr - Bull St — 2 reported incidents
- Telfair Road — 2 reported incidents
- River St — 2 reported incidents
- Wahlstrom Rd — 1 reported incident
- Tremont Road — 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.