Crossings / Illinois / Granite City
Granite City
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 39 public at-grade railroad crossings in Granite City, IL, operated by 4 railroads. 14 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 17 of the crossings here, 44% of the total, ahead of Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis at 9.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (39) and intercity (5).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 17 | 44% |
| Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis | 9 | 23% |
| Alton & Southern Railway | 8 | 21% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 5 | 13% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Niedringhaus Avenue on Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis is credited with 25 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 39 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 90 mph.
Warning devices
20 of the 39 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 15 (38%) 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 6 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Maryville Road — 1 reported incident
- 25th Street — 1 reported incident
- Maryville Road — 1 reported incident
- Niedringhause — 1 reported incident
- Niedringhaus 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.