How many railroad crossings are in Gaston County, North Carolina?
The FRA inventory of lists 122 public railroad crossings in Gaston County, North Carolina.
- Public crossings
- 122
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 118
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 57%
- Most trains a day reported
- 19
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 25
- Gate share compared with the state
- 5 percentage points lower
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 57% of these crossings.
- Gates7057%
- Flashing lights without reported gates97%
- Signs without reported gates or lights3932%
- Other or not reported43%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
82 of 122 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 55 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route8267% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates5567% 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.
- Dallas RoadStanley9,165 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Main Avenue / Broad StreetGastonia8,155 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Woodlawn StreetBelmont9,237 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Belmont Holly RoadBelmont20,000 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Wilkinson BoulevardBelmont18,000 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Woodrow AvenueBelmont2,400 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Catawba StreetBelmont2,800 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Lucia Riverbend HighwayMount Holly7,294 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Alexis-high Shoals RoadStanley3,615 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Parkdale DriveBelmont736 vehicles a day2014 road count
- NC 161 / NC 274Bessemer City4,695 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Forbes RoadGastonia1,830 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Community DriveGastonia14 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Wolfpack RdGastonia973 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lake Ridge DriveBelmont272 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Jim Grier RdBelmont100 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Henry Chapel RoadBelmont272 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Jonas HighwayStanley10,127 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Poplar StreetGastonia1,239 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Steam Plant RoadMount Holly155 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Long Creek RoadBessemer City1,151 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Watercourse WayBelmontNo road count has been reported.
Trains blocking a crossing in Gaston County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in North Carolina
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates