Phoenix
Arizona.
The federal crossing inventory lists 101 public at-grade railroad crossings in Phoenix, AZ, operated by 2 railroads. 25 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
BNSF Railway Company operates 54 of the crossings here, 53% of the total, ahead of Union Pacific Railroad Company at 47.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (100).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Company | 54 | 53% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 47 | 47% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Indian School Rd on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 12 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 101 is 2. 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 49 mph.
Warning devices
51 of the 101 crossings carry gates and 19 have flashing lights without gates. 31 (31%) 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
6 of the crossings (6%) 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 79 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 4 deaths and 20 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Thomas Rd — 28 reported incidents
- 27th Ave — 20 reported incidents
- 35th Ave — 6 reported incidents
- McDowell Rd — 6 reported incidents
- Van Buren Ave — 4 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.