How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Pennsylvania?
The FRA inventory of lists 918 public railroad crossings in Pennsylvania with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 918
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 889
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 42%
- Most trains a day reported
- 79
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 252
- Gate share compared with the state
- 11 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 42% of these crossings.
- Gates38242%
- Flashing lights without reported gates19021%
- Signs without reported gates or lights31735%
- Other or not reported293%
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.
- Portmay RoadWatsontown175 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Main StreetWatsontown1,117 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Main StreetWatsontown175 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Gregg StreetMonongahela359 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Main StreetEast Pittsburgh966 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Riverfront DriveMillvale314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Bridge StreetEtna314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Depot StreetBridgeport613 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Chestnut StreetReading5,661 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Franklin StreetReading7,590 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Cherry StReading637 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Penn StreetReading637 vehicles a day2009 road count
- T435Dornsife175 vehicles a day2009 road count
- River RoadHerndon175 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Spruce StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Linden StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Walnut StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Church StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Chestnut StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Court StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Market StreetSunbury3,903 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Woodlawn AvenueSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Arch StreetSunbury4,606 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Race StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Packer StreetSunbury410 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Morgan StreetBrackenridge314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Bridge StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Corbet StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Lock StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Center StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Grantham StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Ferry StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Rowe StreetTarentum314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Murray Hill RoadTarentum1,500 vehicles a day1986 road count
- Butler StreetSpringdale314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Colfax StreetSpringdale314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Blockdale StreetCheswick314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- River AvenueAspinwall314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Werner Camp RoadOakmont314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Wenzel DriveOakmont314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- WalkwayOakmontNo road count has been reported.
- River RoadBlawnox314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Boyd AvenueBlawnox314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Center AvenueBlawnox314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Fairview AvenueO'Hara Township314 vehicles a day2009 road count
- PedestrianSunburyNo road count has been reported.
- WalkwayCheswickNo road count has been reported.
- Brilliant AvenuePittsburghNo road count has been reported.
- Water AvenueSharon3,139 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Mill StreetSharon583 vehicles a day2009 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