Huntsville
Alabama.

Who runs the track

HUNTSVILLE & MADISON COUNTY RAILROAD AUTHORITY operates 28 of the crossings here, 61% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 13.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (41) and tourist/other (5).

Railroad	Crossings	Share
HUNTSVILLE & MADISON COUNTY RAILROAD AUTHORITY	28	61%
Norfolk Southern Railway Company	13	28%
North Alabama Railroad Museum	5	11%

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at Church Street Northwest on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 16 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 46 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

7 of the 46 crossings carry gates and 19 have flashing lights without gates. 20 (43%) 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 7 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• Pratt Ave — 3 reported incidents
• Cleveland Ave — 2 reported incidents
• Church Street Northwest — 2 reported incidents

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.