Crossings / Virginia / Chesapeake
Chesapeake
Virginia.
The federal crossing inventory lists 57 public at-grade railroad crossings in Chesapeake, VA, operated by 5 railroads. 14 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 24 of the crossings here, 42% of the total, ahead of Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad Company at 16.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (57) and intercity (7).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 24 | 42% |
| Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad Company | 16 | 28% |
| Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company | 9 | 16% |
| CSX Transportation | 6 | 11% |
| Commonwealth Railway, Incorporated | 2 | 4% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Liberty Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 33 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 57 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
45 of the 57 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 8 (14%) 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 5 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Liberty Street — 1 reported incident
- Portlock Road — 1 reported incident
- Old Atlantic Avenue — 1 reported incident
- Snowden St — 1 reported incident
- Buell St — 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.
Other Virginia cities on the inventory
- Richmond 64 crossings
- Suffolk 47 crossings
- Norfolk 46 crossings
- Harrisonburg 43 crossings
- Winchester 41 crossings
- Emporia 36 crossings
- Hopewell 33 crossings
- Portsmouth 26 crossings