Columbus
Ohio.
The federal crossing inventory lists 58 public at-grade railroad crossings in Columbus, OH, operated by 7 railroads. 26 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 29 of the crossings here, 50% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 13.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (57).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 29 | 50% |
| CSX Transportation | 13 | 22% |
| Camp Chase Railway Co., LLC | 6 | 10% |
| Columbus & Ohio River Railroad | 4 | 7% |
| Indiana & Ohio Railway | 4 | 7% |
| Kanawha River Railroad | 1 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Weber Road on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 50 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 58 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
47 of the 58 crossings carry gates and 1 have flashing lights without gates. 10 (17%) 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 12 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Phillipi Rd — 3 reported incidents
- New World Drive — 2 reported incidents
- Weber Road — 2 reported incidents
- Mc Kinley Ave — 2 reported incidents
- Williams Rd — 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.