Crossings / Wisconsin / Janesville
Janesville
Wisconsin.
The federal crossing inventory lists 53 public at-grade railroad crossings in Janesville, WI, operated by 3 railroads. 5 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC operates 23 of the crossings here, 43% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 22.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (53).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC | 23 | 43% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 22 | 42% |
| Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad | 8 | 15% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at North Jackson Street/US 14 on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 6 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 53 is 4. 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 50 mph.
Warning devices
9 of the 53 crossings carry gates and 24 have flashing lights without gates. 20 (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 3 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- La Prairie Town Hall Road — 2 reported incidents
- USH 14 / Kennedy Road — 1 reported incident
- Pearl St — 1 reported incident
- Arch St — 1 reported incident
- South Cr J — 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.