Crossings / Mississippi / Meridian
Meridian
Mississippi.
The federal crossing inventory lists 40 public at-grade railroad crossings in Meridian, MS, operated by 4 railroads. 9 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Kansas City Southern Railway Company operates 20 of the crossings here, 50% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 15.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (40) and intercity (14).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Southern Railway Company | 20 | 50% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 15 | 38% |
| Meridian Southern Railway LLC | 3 | 8% |
| M & B RAILROAD LLC | 2 | 5% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Hawkins Crossing Road on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 16 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 40 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
16 of the 40 crossings carry gates and 8 have flashing lights without gates. 16 (40%) 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 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 49th Avenue — 2 reported incidents
- 23rd Street - Hawkins Road — 1 reported incident
- 65th Ave — 1 reported incident
- Blue Top Rd — 1 reported incident
- St Louis/Ind Park — 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 Mississippi cities on the inventory
- Columbus 68 crossings
- Gulfport 66 crossings
- Moss Point 53 crossings
- Hattiesburg 48 crossings
- Vicksburg 43 crossings
- Jackson 36 crossings
- Brookhaven 35 crossings
- Greenville 33 crossings