Railroad crossings in Amherst, Virginia
The federal inventory lists 7 public railroad crossings in Amherst, Virginia.
Inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 7
- Public crossings with identified warning equipment
- 7
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 100%
- Highest reported trains per day
- 27
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 1
- Gate share compared with the state
- 35 percentage points higher
Where these public crossings are.
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 100% of these crossings.
- Gates7100%
- Flashing lights without reported gates00%
- Signs without reported gates or lights00%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported equipment. Missing fields don't mean the equipment is absent.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a measure of crossing safety.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
Compare the reported train traffic.
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains per day, from highest to lowest.
- DEPOT STREET/UNION HILL ROADAmherst713846VGates reported27Trains per day590 vehicles per day2012 road count
- RIVER ROADAmherst713859WGates reported27Trains per day376 vehicles per day2012 road count
- SR-617Amherst713824VGates reported25Trains per day301 vehicles per day2012 road count
- GORDON'S CROSSINGAmherst713830YGates reported25Trains per day508 vehicles per day2012 road count
- MANN LANEAmherst713831FGates reported25Trains per day113 vehicles per day2012 road count
- JAMES RIVER RDAmherst713834BGates reported25Trains per day910 vehicles per day2012 road count
- TOYTOWNAmherst713842TGates reported25Trains per day142 vehicles per day2012 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Read about the data.