Crossings / Louisiana / Jefferson
Jefferson
Louisiana.
The federal crossing inventory lists 13 public at-grade railroad crossings in Jefferson, LA, operated by 2 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad operates 12 of the crossings here, 92% of the total, ahead of Kansas City Southern Railway Company at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (13).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Public Belt Railroad | 12 | 92% |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company | 1 | 8% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Central Avenue on New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is credited with 20 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 13 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 20 mph.
Warning devices
2 of the 13 crossings carry gates and 3 have flashing lights without gates. 8 (62%) 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 5 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Central Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- US 90 / Jefferson Highway — 1 reported incident
- Boyce St — 1 reported incident
- Dakin St — 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 Louisiana cities on the inventory
- New Orleans 119 crossings
- Baton Rouge 104 crossings
- Monroe 87 crossings
- Shreveport 77 crossings
- Lake Charles 64 crossings
- New Iberia 55 crossings
- Bossier City 51 crossings
- Opelousas 38 crossings