Crossings / California / Oakland
Oakland
California.
The federal crossing inventory lists 91 public at-grade railroad crossings in Oakland, CA, operated by 5 railroads. 23 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 57 of the crossings here, 63% of the total, ahead of Oakland Terminal Railway at 17.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (70), intercity (22) and tourist/other (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 57 | 63% |
| Oakland Terminal Railway | 17 | 19% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 13 | 14% |
| Port Of Oakland | 3 | 3% |
| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | 1 | 1% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Fifth Avenue on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 62 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 91 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 79 mph.
Warning devices
37 of the 91 crossings carry gates and 14 have flashing lights without gates. 40 (44%) 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 64 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 5 deaths and 20 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- High Street — 12 reported incidents
- 37th Avenue — 9 reported incidents
- Maritime Street — 7 reported incidents
- 29th Avenue — 5 reported incidents
- 98th Avenue — 5 reported incidents
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 California cities on the inventory
- Los Angeles 164 crossings
- Fresno 136 crossings
- Stockton 133 crossings
- San Diego 103 crossings
- Vernon 90 crossings
- Sacramento 70 crossings
- Anaheim 69 crossings
- Bakersfield 69 crossings