Parsons
Kansas.
The federal crossing inventory lists 15 public at-grade railroad crossings in Parsons, KS, operated by 2 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 14 of the crossings here, 93% of the total, ahead of South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Company at 1.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (15).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 14 | 93% |
| South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Company | 1 | 7% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at 60th Road on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 12 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 15 is 12. 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 60 mph.
Warning devices
14 of the 15 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 1 (7%) 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
2 of the crossings (13%) 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- 60th Road — 1 reported incident
- Appleton 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.
Other Kansas cities on the inventory
- Wichita 164 crossings
- Hutchinson 104 crossings
- Salina 80 crossings
- Kansas City 78 crossings
- Winfield 72 crossings
- Emporia 50 crossings
- McPherson 50 crossings
- Great Bend 45 crossings