Cleveland
Ohio.
The federal crossing inventory lists 69 public at-grade railroad crossings in Cleveland, OH, operated by 8 railroads. 26 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 27 of the crossings here, 39% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 15.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (55), intercity (7) and tourist/other (3).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 27 | 39% |
| CSX Transportation | 15 | 22% |
| Cleveland & Cuyahoga Railway, LLC | 13 | 19% |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steelworks Railway, Inc | 5 | 7% |
| Flats Industrial Railroad | 3 | 4% |
| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | 3 | 4% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at East 26th Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 45 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 69 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 70 mph.
Warning devices
40 of the 69 crossings carry gates and 14 have flashing lights without gates. 15 (22%) 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 21 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 5 deaths and 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Bessemer Avenue — 8 reported incidents
- East 26th Street — 4 reported incidents
- Aetna Road — 2 reported incidents
- E 116th St — 1 reported incident
- London 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.