Crossings / Florida / Palmetto
Palmetto
Florida.
The federal crossing inventory lists 34 public at-grade railroad crossings in Palmetto, FL, operated by 2 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
CSX Transportation operates 26 of the crossings here, 76% of the total, ahead of Port Of Manatee at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (34).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CSX Transportation | 26 | 76% |
| Port Of Manatee | 1 | 3% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Piney Point Road on Port Of Manatee is credited with 16 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 34 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 40 mph.
Warning devices
13 of the 34 crossings carry gates and 4 have flashing lights without gates. 17 (50%) 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 5 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 2nd Ave W — 1 reported incident
- Fifth Avenue West — 1 reported incident
- 49th Street E — 1 reported incident
- Bayshore Road — 1 reported incident
- Lavender Rd — 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 Florida cities on the inventory
- Jacksonville 236 crossings
- Tampa 179 crossings
- Orlando 101 crossings
- Miami 92 crossings
- Ocala 77 crossings
- Pensacola 76 crossings
- Plant City 64 crossings
- Lakeland 60 crossings