Crossings / California / Bakersfield
Bakersfield
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 69 public at-grade railroad crossings in Bakersfield, CA, operated by 4 railroads. 19 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company operates 53 of the crossings here, 77% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (68) and intercity (6).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company | 53 | 77% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 8 | 12% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 7 | 10% |
| Tulare Valley Railroad Company | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Garces Hwy on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 28 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 69 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
56 of the 69 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (13%) 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
7 of the crossings (10%) 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 37 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 21 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- L St — 6 reported incidents
- 30th Street — 5 reported incidents
- Baker Street — 5 reported incidents
- Morning Drive — 4 reported incidents
- McCutchen Rd — 3 reported incidents
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 California cities on the inventory
- Los Angeles 164 crossings
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- San Diego 103 crossings
- Oakland 91 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings