Crossings / Minnesota / Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minnesota.
The federal crossing inventory lists 76 public at-grade railroad crossings in Minneapolis, MN, operated by 6 railroads. 33 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Minnesota Commercial Railway operates 29 of the crossings here, 38% of the total, ahead of SOO Line Railroad Company at 23.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (72), intercity (2) and transit (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Commercial Railway | 29 | 38% |
| SOO Line Railroad Company | 23 | 30% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 20 | 26% |
| PROGRESSIVE RAIL, INC. | 2 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Council | 1 | 1% |
| Twin Cities & Western Railroad | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at 12th Ave Ne on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 21 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 76 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 45 mph.
Warning devices
28 of the 76 crossings carry gates and 12 have flashing lights without gates. 36 (47%) 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
67 of the crossings (88%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 13 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- E 41st St — 2 reported incidents
- Central Ave Ne — 2 reported incidents
- 12th Ave Ne — 1 reported incident
- E 35th St — 1 reported incident
- E 37th 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.