Crossings / Illinois / Springfield
Springfield
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 62 public at-grade railroad crossings in Springfield, IL, operated by 5 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Illinois Central Railroad Company operates 25 of the crossings here, 40% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 21.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (62) and intercity (21).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 25 | 40% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 21 | 34% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 10 | 16% |
| Illinois & Midland Railroad Inc. | 5 | 8% |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company | 1 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Sand Hill Road on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 19 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 62 is 10. 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 90 mph.
Warning devices
40 of the 62 crossings carry gates and 17 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (8%) 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 16 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 deaths and 13 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- North 6th Street — 3 reported incidents
- East Scarritt Street — 2 reported incidents
- E Carpenter St — 1 reported incident
- East Converse Street — 1 reported incident
- North Grand Avenue 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.