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.
- W Kivett StreetAsheboro3,005 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Lanier AvenueAsheboro614 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Wtaft AvenueAsheboro1,136 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Walker AvenueAsheboro2,729 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Country Club RoadAsheboro2,329 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Springwood RoadAsheboro304 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Industrial Park AvenueAsheboro2,839 vehicles a day2023 road count
- McDowell RoadAsheboro3,785 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Southmont DriveAsheboro430 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Banaja RoadReidsville880 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Elm Grove Church RoadReidsville755 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Turner DriveReidsville4,048 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Woodrow StreetReidsville493 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Settle StreetReidsville1,010 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Morehead StreetReidsville557 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Carter StreetReidsville900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Narrow Guage RoadReidsville1,030 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Crossover RoadReidsville29 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Second Street SouthwestHickory2,791 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Center StreetHickory2,097 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Second Street SoutheastHickory1,149 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Sixth Street Place SoutheastHickory1,581 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Eighth Avenue NortheastHickory2,169 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Twelfth Street SoutheastHickory495 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Fifteenth Street SoutheastHickory6,854 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Seventeenth Street NortheastHickory1,579 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Twenty-first Street NortheastHickory4,131 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Fairgrove Church RoadHickory3,252 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Workman Street SouthwestConover2,427 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Punch Loop RoadConover1,033 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Mount Hermon Church RoadHillsborough1,865 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Neal RoadDurham3,334 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lasalle StreetDurham11,400 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Swift AvenueDurham6,485 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Buchanan BoulevardDurham8,731 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Duke StreetDurham8,398 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Worsham Mill RoadRuffin946 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Boyd Crossing RoadRuffin111 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Fitzgerald RoadPelham78 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Commerce PlaceAsheboro620 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Anderson StreetDurham8,881 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 12th StreetBessemer City1,539 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Ramseur RdBessemer City1,335 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Long Creek RoadBessemer City1,152 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lewis Farm RoadBessemer City539 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Je Herndon Access RoadBessemer City1,373 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Linwood StreetKings Mountain1,942 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Baker StreetKings Mountain403 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Piedmont AvenueKings Mountain4,087 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Buckhorn RoadMebane10,425 vehicles a day2023 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