Canton
Ohio.
The federal crossing inventory lists 84 public at-grade railroad crossings in Canton, OH, operated by 4 railroads. 21 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company operates 51 of the crossings here, 61% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 21.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (83) and tourist/other (11).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company | 51 | 61% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 21 | 25% |
| Metro Regional Transit Authority | 11 | 13% |
| TIMKEN COMPANY | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Raff Rd Sw on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 10 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 84 is 2. 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
66 of the 84 crossings carry gates and 8 have flashing lights without gates. 10 (12%) 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 9 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Third Street Madison Avenue Se — 2 reported incidents
- Cleveland Ave Se — 1 reported incident
- 55th St Ne — 1 reported incident
- Maryland Ave Sw — 1 reported incident
- Rowland Ave Ne — 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.