Crossings / Maryland / Baltimore
Baltimore
Maryland.
The federal crossing inventory lists 102 public at-grade railroad crossings in Baltimore, MD, operated by 5 railroads. 25 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
CSX Transportation operates 63 of the crossings here, 62% of the total, ahead of Canton Railroad Company at 20.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (80), commuter (5) and tourist/other (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CSX Transportation | 63 | 62% |
| Canton Railroad Company | 20 | 20% |
| Maryland Dept. Of Transportation | 12 | 12% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 6 | 6% |
| BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROD MUSEUM | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Broadview Blvd on Maryland Dept. Of Transportation is credited with 110 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 102 is 0. 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 50 mph.
Warning devices
36 of the 102 crossings carry gates and 21 have flashing lights without gates. 45 (44%) 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 32 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 8 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Warner Street — 3 reported incidents
- Bayard Street — 3 reported incidents
- Patterson Avenue — 3 reported incidents
- S Clinton Street — 3 reported incidents
- Shell Road — 2 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 Maryland cities on the inventory
- Hagerstown 29 crossings
- Salisbury 27 crossings
- Frederick 22 crossings
- Princess Anne 16 crossings
- Westminster 15 crossings
- Cumberland 14 crossings
- Manchester 14 crossings
- Berlin 12 crossings