Crossings / Pennsylvania / Hazleton
Hazleton
Pennsylvania.
The federal crossing inventory lists 24 public at-grade railroad crossings in Hazleton, PA, operated by 2 railroads. 1 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN RAILROAD COMMISSION operates 14 of the crossings here, 58% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 10.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (24) and tourist/other (2).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| READING BLUE MOUNTAIN & NORTHERN RAILROAD COMMISSION | 14 | 58% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 10 | 42% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Laurel Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 5 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 24 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 25 mph.
Warning devices
10 of the 24 crossings carry gates and 5 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (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 14 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 5 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Maplewood Drive — 5 reported incidents
- Church Street — 2 reported incidents
- Oak Ridge Road — 1 reported incident
- Green Mountain Road — 1 reported incident
- Forest 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.
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
- Erie 31 crossings
- Upper Darby 30 crossings