Crossings / Pennsylvania / Erie
Erie
Pennsylvania.
The federal crossing inventory lists 31 public at-grade railroad crossings in Erie, PA, operated by 4 railroads. 9 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
CSX Transportation operates 16 of the crossings here, 52% of the total, ahead of Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Incorporated at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (27), intercity (5) and shared use transit (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CSX Transportation | 16 | 52% |
| Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Incorporated | 8 | 26% |
| WEST ERIE SHORT LINE | 3 | 10% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 3 | 10% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Downing Avenue on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 24 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 31 is 0. 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
16 of the 31 crossings carry gates and 9 have flashing lights without gates. 6 (19%) 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 11 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 deaths and 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Pittsburgh Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- Greengarden Street — 2 reported incidents
- Raspberry Street — 2 reported incidents
- Cascade Street — 2 reported incidents
- Downing Avenue — 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 Pennsylvania cities on the inventory
- Philadelphia 101 crossings
- York 65 crossings
- Hanover 43 crossings
- Pittsburgh 37 crossings
- Wilkes Barre 37 crossings
- Greenville 33 crossings
- Upper Darby 30 crossings
- Lewistown 27 crossings