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Railroad crossing updates for Cook County, Illinois

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

FRA crossing inventory of .

Public crossings
840
Public crossings reported with gates
65%
Most trains a day reported
215

See the public crossings in Cook County

Latest changes

Week of 19 October 2026: 10 crossings here had a recorded change.

  • More warning devices4
  • Fewer warning devices5
  • Other record changes1

Crossings that changed

Earlier weeks

  • Week of 12 October 20262 crossings
  • Week of 28 September 20261 crossing

Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.

Weekly changes in Illinois

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Quiet zones

397 of 840 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.

  • In a 24-hour quiet zone118
  • In a partial quiet zone10
  • Chicago-area horn exemption269

The quiet-zone status did not change at any public crossing here in the last 5 weeks.

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

Quiet zones in IllinoisQuiet zone changes this week

Trains blocking crossings

Illinois law limits a train to 10 minutes blocking a road crossing, under 625 ILCS 5/18c-7402(1)(b)-(c). 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 8,485 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.

Reports to the FRA by year

  • 201910 reports
  • 2020972 reports
  • 20211,557 reports
  • 20221,656 reports
  • 2023971 reports
  • 20241,005 reports
  • 20251,112 reports
  • 20261,202 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 IllinoisHow to report a blocked crossing

Upgrades and grants

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

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

Train activity

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

Check train activity near the middle of Cook County

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County: Cook County, Illinois

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