Abilene
Texas.
The federal crossing inventory lists 36 public at-grade railroad crossings in Abilene, TX, operated by 2 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Southern Switching Company operates 26 of the crossings here, 72% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 10.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (35).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Switching Company | 26 | 72% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 10 | 28% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Elmdale Road on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 21 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 36 is 1. 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
14 of the 36 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 18 (50%) 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 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Sayles Boulevard — 2 reported incidents
- Leggett Drive — 2 reported incidents
- Anson Ave — 1 reported incident
- Victoria Street — 1 reported incident
- Shelton Street — 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 Texas cities on the inventory
- Houston 424 crossings
- Dallas 214 crossings
- San Antonio 208 crossings
- Fort Worth 171 crossings
- Beaumont 119 crossings
- Lubbock 96 crossings
- Laredo 83 crossings
- Austin 82 crossings