Crossings / Kansas / Independence
Independence
Kansas.
The federal crossing inventory lists 43 public at-grade railroad crossings in Independence, KS, operated by 2 railroads. 6 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 23 of the crossings here, 53% of the total, ahead of South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Company at 20.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (43).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 23 | 53% |
| South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Company | 20 | 47% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at County Road 5000 on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 11 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 43 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
18 of the 43 crossings carry gates and 3 have flashing lights without gates. 22 (51%) 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 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 3100 Road — 1 reported incident
- West Laurel Street — 1 reported incident
- 3825 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 Kansas cities on the inventory
- Wichita 164 crossings
- Hutchinson 104 crossings
- Salina 80 crossings
- Kansas City 78 crossings
- Winfield 72 crossings
- Emporia 50 crossings
- McPherson 50 crossings
- Great Bend 45 crossings