Crossings / Kentucky / Lexington
Lexington
Kentucky.
The federal crossing inventory lists 39 public at-grade railroad crossings in Lexington, KY, operated by 2 railroads. 6 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
R. J. Corman Railroad Co/Central Kentucky Lines operates 31 of the crossings here, 79% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (39) and tourist/other (8).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| R. J. Corman Railroad Co/Central Kentucky Lines | 31 | 79% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 8 | 21% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Kearney Road on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 29 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 39 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
22 of the 39 crossings carry gates and 7 have flashing lights without gates. 10 (26%) 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 9 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths and 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Waveland Museum Lane — 3 reported incidents
- Briar Hill Rd — 1 reported incident
- Zesta Drive — 1 reported incident
- Greendale Road — 1 reported incident
- Waller Avenue — 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 Kentucky cities on the inventory
- Louisville 130 crossings
- Owensboro 57 crossings
- Paducah 51 crossings
- Hazard 45 crossings
- Williamsburg 33 crossings
- Middlesboro 32 crossings
- Henderson 31 crossings
- Madisonville 31 crossings