Crossings / Pennsylvania / York
York
Pennsylvania.
The federal crossing inventory lists 65 public at-grade railroad crossings in York, PA, operated by 4 railroads. 15 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
YORK RAILWAY COMPANY operates 55 of the crossings here, 85% of the total, ahead of East Penn Railroad LLC at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (64).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| YORK RAILWAY COMPANY | 55 | 85% |
| East Penn Railroad LLC | 8 | 12% |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 1 | 2% |
| NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO. | 1 | 2% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Windsor Street on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 5 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 65 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 40 mph.
Warning devices
29 of the 65 crossings carry gates and 17 have flashing lights without gates. 19 (29%) 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
39 of the crossings (60%) 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 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Lemon St — 1 reported incident
- E Princess Street — 1 reported incident
- East Market St — 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 Pennsylvania cities on the inventory
- Philadelphia 101 crossings
- Hanover 43 crossings
- Pittsburgh 37 crossings
- Wilkes Barre 37 crossings
- Greenville 33 crossings
- Erie 31 crossings
- Upper Darby 30 crossings
- Lewistown 27 crossings