How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in North Carolina?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,221 public railroad crossings in North Carolina with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,221
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,171
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 65%
- Most trains a day reported
- 145
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 236
- Gate share compared with the state
- 2 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 65% of these crossings.
- Gates79165%
- Flashing lights without reported gates928%
- Signs without reported gates or lights28824%
- Other or not reported504%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
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.
- Blount StreetKinston426 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Queen StreetKinston8,030 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Heritage StKinston6,407 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Mitchell StreetKinston1,573 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Nelson StreetKinston463 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Abbott StreetKinston51 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Wake AvenueKinston44 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Vernon AvenueKinston18,840 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Hillcrest RoadKinston533 vehicles a day2015 road count
- US 258Kinston10,232 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Hill Farm RoadKinston4,858 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Parrott Dickerson RoadKinston1,557 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Banks School RoadLa Grange1,287 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Eason RoadLa Grange835 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Albert Sugg RoadLa Grange228 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Norbert Hill RoadLa Grange220 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Willie Measley RoadLa Grange2,017 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Waters Mill RoadLa Grange41 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Beverly RoadLa Grange975 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Wooten StreetLa Grange735 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Caswell StreetLa Grange3,865 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Charles StreetLa Grange1,597 vehicles a day2026 road count
- County Line RoadLa Grange249 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Old Jason RoadLa Grange520 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Beston RoadLa Grange680 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Millers Chapel RoadGoldsboro3,261 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oneida RoadCharlotte3,279 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Allen RoadCharlotte4,312 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Racine AvenueCharlotte652 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Maple StreetCharlotte2,272 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Gibbon RoadCharlotte11,838 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Nevin RoadCharlotte8,884 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Christenbury RoadCharlotte3,140 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Oak DriveCharlotte3,390 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Pete Brown RoadCharlotte2,272 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Henderson RoadCharlotte433 vehicles a day2025 road count
- David Cox RoadCharlotte4,423 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Bob Beatty RoadCharlotte666 vehicles a day2025 road count
- B StreetButner2,160 vehicles a day2015 road count
- SR 1632Durham5,460 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Summerlin RdDurham64 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Joyner RoadDurham73 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Ferrell RdDurham3,345 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Cheek RdDurham19,732 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Angier Avenue Wye LegDurham3,253 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Vine StreetGoldsboro104 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Point BoulevardStanleyville8,144 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Jeff Adams StreetCharlotte3,054 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Trailer DriveCharlotte6,000 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Pervis RoadDurham226 vehicles a day2015 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
Norfolk Southern's line for crossing gates, signals and rough crossings: 800-453-2530. Norfolk Southern's 24-hour police line is 800-946-4744.
Contact details on Norfolk Southern's website
Have ready: the street or roadway name, the city and the six-digit DOT crossing number on the sign. Checked on on norfolksouthern.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates