Crossings / New Mexico / Albuquerque
Albuquerque
New Mexico.
The federal crossing inventory lists 54 public at-grade railroad crossings in Albuquerque, NM, operated by 2 railroads. 15 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
New Mexico Rail Runner Express operates 51 of the crossings here, 94% of the total, ahead of State of New Mexico at 3.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (51), intercity (21) and commuter (21).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Rail Runner Express | 51 | 94% |
| State of New Mexico | 3 | 6% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Woodward Road Se on New Mexico Rail Runner Express is credited with 28 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 54 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
35 of the 54 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 15 (28%) 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
17 of the crossings (31%) 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 7 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Edith Blvd — 1 reported incident
- Osuna Road — 1 reported incident
- Montano Rd — 1 reported incident
- Candelaria Rd — 1 reported incident
- Menaul Blvd — 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.