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Railroad crossing updates for Contra Costa County, California

What changed at the railroad crossings in Contra Costa County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.

FRA crossing inventory of .

Public crossings
105
Public crossings reported with gates
72%
Most trains a day reported
54

See the public crossings in Contra Costa County

Latest changes

The inventory shows no recorded changes at crossings in this county in the last 8 weeks.

Weekly changes in California

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Quiet zones

14 of 105 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.

  • In a 24-hour quiet zone14

In the last 5 weeks, the quiet-zone status changed at 1 public crossing here.

A town’s quiet zone can start or end before the inventory catches up.

Quiet zones in CaliforniaQuiet zone changes this week

Trains blocking crossings

California law limits a train to 10 minutes blocking a road crossing, under CPUC General Order No. 135 (adopted 1974). A court has held that federal law preempts this limit, so it generally cannot be enforced against railroads. Checked 16 October 2026.

The FRA lists 130 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.

Reports to the FRA by year

  • 202016 reports
  • 202123 reports
  • 202229 reports
  • 202319 reports
  • 202414 reports
  • 202517 reports
  • 202612 reports

Reports through . FRA does not confirm the accuracy of the blocked crossing reports submitted to this portal. This collection is not designed to provide a representative sample or create generalizable statistics. The data gathered from this collection is not suitable for use in budgetary requests, nor regulatory proposals.

Blocked crossing rules in CaliforniaHow to report a blocked crossing

Upgrades and grants

No federal grants are listed for Contra Costa County yet. The Contra Costa County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.

Make a grant table of the crossings in Contra Costa CountyOpen the Contra Costa County crossing page

Train activity

See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Contra Costa County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.

Check train activity near the middle of Contra Costa County

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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates