How many railroad crossings are in Kern County, California?
The FRA inventory of lists 168 public railroad crossings in Kern County, California.
- Public crossings
- 168
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 164
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 74%
- Most trains a day reported
- 37
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 71
- Gate share compared with the state
- 13 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 74% of these crossings.
- Gates12574%
- Flashing lights without reported gates32%
- Signs without reported gates or lights3621%
- Other or not reported42%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
23 of 168 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 21 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route2314% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates2191% of route crossings
The FRA inventory says for each crossing whether it is on a school-bus route. A crossing not reported as on a school-bus route may still be on one.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- Bear Mountain RdBakersfield900 vehicles a day1989 road count
- Old River RdBakersfield900 vehicles a day1989 road count
- Hill RoadBakersfield200 vehicles a day1981 road count
- South Lake RoadBakersfield280 vehicles a day1989 road count
- Santiago RoadBakersfield1,416 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Holt RoadMojave1,100 vehicles a day1991 road count
- Zerker RoadBakersfield70 vehicles a day1989 road count
- Harris RdBakersfield5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Sunnyside CtOildale4,400 vehicles a day1991 road count
- 20 Mule Team RdBoron5,000 vehicles a day1991 road count
- Phillips RdMcFarland95 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Driver RdMcFarland670 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Whisler RdMcFarland450 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hanawalt AvMcFarland200 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Sherwood AveMcFarland1,200 vehicles a day1991 road count
- S Central Valley HwyShafterNo road count has been reported.
- Enos LnShafter1 vehicle a day2000 road count
- Cherry AveShafterNo road count has been reported.
Trains blocking a crossing in Kern County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in California
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates