Crossings / Illinois / Madison
Madison
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 14 public at-grade railroad crossings in Madison, IL, operated by 4 railroads. 6 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 10 of the crossings here, 71% of the total, ahead of Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis at 2.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 10 | 71% |
| Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis | 2 | 14% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1 | 7% |
| Alton & Southern Railway | 1 | 7% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Industrial St on Terminal Railroad Association Of St. Louis is credited with 40 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 14 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 25 mph.
Warning devices
3 of the 14 crossings carry gates and 3 have flashing lights without gates. 8 (57%) 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 4 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Madison Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- Alley 3 — 1 reported incident
- Iowa Street — 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.