Taunton
Massachusetts.

Who runs the track

MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL RAILROAD, LLC operates 16 of the crossings here, 84% of the total, ahead of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority at 3.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (19) and commuter (3).

Railroad	Crossings	Share
MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL RAILROAD, LLC	16	84%
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	3	16%

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at County Street on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is credited with 38 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 19 is 4. 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

15 of the 19 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Somerset Ave — 1 reported incident
• Hart St — 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.