Barnstable
Massachusetts.

Who runs the track

MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL RAILROAD, LLC operates 11 of the crossings here, 100% of the total.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (11), commuter (11) and tourist/other (11).

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Maple St on MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL RAILROAD, LLC is credited with 8 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 11 is 8. 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 30 mph.

Warning devices

8 of the 11 crossings carry gates and 3 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 1 reported incident at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Hyannis-Barnstable Road — 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.