Gulfport Council votes to reject crossing closures
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- After significant debate and public input this week, Gulfport City Council members voted to reject a proposal to close two railroad crossings in the Lyman area.…
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Schedule changes for Long Beach Railroad Crossing Improvement Project
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV)- Schedule changes have been announced for the ongoing railroad crossing improvement project in Long Beach. Due to utility lines interfering with planned work at the Nicholson Avenue intersection, Moran Hauling will shift efforts to several other…
Project to improve railroad crossings in Long Beach
Work begins next week to improve nine Long Beach railroad crossings. City leaders tell us the $3.3 million project has been nearly five years in the making and…
Update on Main Street Crossing repairs in the City of Biloxi
Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich has been looking to address necessary work on the Main Street Crossing and today some progress has been updated. In today’s…
CSX repair work continues along the Coast
CSX continues its work repairing railroad crossings along the Coast. Today, Gulfport residents will be happy to know the crossings at Highway 49 downtown, 30th Avenue, and Broad Avenue…
Railroad Crossings closed for maintenance in Ocean Springs
Announced yesterday, CSX said railroad crossings in Ocean Springs will be closed for maintenance. One crew began to the east of Highway 57, headed west along the tracks. Another crew began…
Railroad crossings in Jackson County closing for maintenance
Starting today, CSX will be closing several rail crossings in Jackson County for maintenance. The crossings at 14th Street, Magnolia Street, Fredereic Street, and Port Road will close…
CSX construction to cause multiple detours in Biloxi
Starting this week, nearly 15,000 Coast motorists may have to reroute their commutes through Biloxi. Multiple railroad crossing construction projects begin this week in Biloxi, causing several detours…
Several CSX railroad crossings to close in South Mississippi next week for rail replacement project
A project to replace CSX railroad crossing rails in South Mississippi will begin Monday, February 24. The project is scheduled to last for approximately two weeks, and will impact about ten crossings between Ocean Springs and Gautier. This project will…
Operation Clear the Track
If you have plans to drive anywhere in Gulfport today, you may want to use a little more caution at the city’s railroad crossings. Gulfport police are set up at the rail-crossing on 17th Street giving out railroad safety cards…
Biloxi railway expected to close Nixon Street crossing
Just about two blocks away from where a March 2017 tragedy happened on a Biloxi railway when a train collided with a Texas tour bus, you’ll now find the beginning of a long awaited change. The City of Biloxi is…
How to be safe around railroad crossings
One man is still in stable condition at USA Hospital after colliding with a train in Saucier yesterday. The cause of this incident is still under investigation. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said, “I guess more often than people would…
Biloxi railroad crossing closures
Following last year’s tragic train accident, Biloxi is now one step closer to closing six railroad crossings. News 25’s Payton Malone breaks down the plans. Last March, the City of Biloxi was already looking into closing railroad crossings. Little did…
Biloxi may take CSX to court over deadly crossings
On March 7th a freight train crashed into a bus full of Texas tourists visiting Gulf Coast Casinos, killing four people in Biloxi. Over 40 people were hurt. Now a possible lawsuit involving the City of Biloxi is in the…
Mayor addresses Biloxi train incidents
Today in Biloxi, Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich addressed the several incidents on the tracks in recent months, including last night’s collision which sent one woman to the hospital. The mayor suggested turning an alleyway north of the tracks into a…
Changes to rail crossings in Biloxi underway
With the reoccurring issues of the railroad crossings in Biloxi, the city council recently made decisions on a couple of key issues, the consolidation of the six of the city’s 29 rail crossings being one of them. The City of…
CSX inspections to begin next week in Biloxi
CSX inspectors will complete a diagnostic review next week of the entire Biloxi railroad corridor. The inspection comes a month after four people died when their tour bus became stuck at the Main Street railroad crossing and was hit by…
Biloxi makes moves on railroad crossings
After another tense discussion, with participation from city leaders and residents, Biloxi will approach CSX with a proposal involving the city's railroad. That plan will call for the closing of six of the more dangerous crossings located east of Keesler…
Biloxi’s railroad crossing closures meeting
After a tense day of discussion, with participation from city leaders and residents, Biloxi will approach CSX with a railroad cross proposal. That plan will call for six of the more dangerous crossings located east of Keesler Air Force Base…
City of Biloxi wants input on closing of seven rail crossing
After March 7th’s tragic accident, Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich is asking the city to begin the process of closing seven rail crossings. Biloxi city officials tell News 25 consolidating seven out of the city’s 29 rail crossings is all about…
Warning signs up at railroad crossings in Biloxi
In the wake of Tuesday’s tragedy, the City of Biloxi aims to prevent train collisions with new warning signs at railroad crossings. News 25’s Kendra Turley gives us a look at the new additions along Esters Boulevard. As people all…
MS Operation Lifesaver Promotes Railroad Safety
About every three hours, a vehicle and train collide in the United States.