Crossings / Washington / Yakima
Yakima
Washington.
The federal crossing inventory lists 85 public at-grade railroad crossings in Yakima, WA, operated by 6 railroads. 3 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Central Washington Railroad Company operates 34 of the crossings here, 40% of the total, ahead of Yakima Interurban Lines Association at 33.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (43).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Central Washington Railroad Company | 34 | 40% |
| Yakima Interurban Lines Association | 33 | 39% |
| Toppenish Simcoe & Western | 8 | 9% |
| BNSF Railway Company | 5 | 6% |
| WASHINGTON CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY | 3 | 4% |
| YAK RAIL LLC | 2 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Yakima Ave on BNSF Railway Company is credited with 7 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 85 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 35 mph.
Warning devices
12 of the 85 crossings carry gates and 5 have flashing lights without gates. 68 (80%) 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 4 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- N Front St — 1 reported incident
- Alley — 1 reported incident
- Yakima Ave — 1 reported incident
- East Mead Avenue — 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 Washington cities on the inventory
- Seattle 123 crossings
- Tacoma 84 crossings
- Spokane 67 crossings
- Walla Walla 54 crossings
- Kennewick 51 crossings
- Centralia 41 crossings
- Moses Lake 35 crossings
- Kent 34 crossings