Selma
Alabama.
The federal crossing inventory lists 55 public at-grade railroad crossings in Selma, AL, operated by 2 railroads. 4 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 33 of the crossings here, 60% of the total, ahead of CSX Transportation at 22.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (55).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 33 | 60% |
| CSX Transportation | 22 | 40% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Mulberry Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 21 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 55 is 10. 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
12 of the 55 crossings carry gates and 9 have flashing lights without gates. 34 (62%) 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 13 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 10 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Lapsley Street — 3 reported incidents
- Old Orrville Rd — 2 reported incidents
- Broad Street — 2 reported incidents
- Landline Road — 2 reported incidents
- J L Chestnut Junior Boulevard — 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 Alabama cities on the inventory
- Birmingham 139 crossings
- Montgomery 88 crossings
- Mobile 82 crossings
- Tuscaloosa 68 crossings
- Talladega 56 crossings
- Dothan 51 crossings
- Huntsville 46 crossings
- Bessemer 44 crossings