Crossings / New Jersey / Paterson
Paterson
New Jersey.
The federal crossing inventory lists 21 public at-grade railroad crossings in Paterson, NJ, operated by 3 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Company operates 18 of the crossings here, 86% of the total, ahead of Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 2.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (21) and commuter (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Company | 18 | 86% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2 | 10% |
| New Jersey Transit Rail Operations | 1 | 5% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Fifth Avenue on New Jersey Transit Rail Operations is credited with 125 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 21 is 6. 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
20 of the 21 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 1 (5%) 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 12 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 deaths and 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Fifth Avenue — 4 reported incidents
- River Street — 3 reported incidents
- Madison Ellison — 2 reported incidents
- Fourth Avenue — 1 reported incident
- East 18th Hamilton — 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.