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Railroad crossing updates for St. Joseph County, Indiana
What changed at the railroad crossings in St. Joseph County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 112
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 71%
- Most trains a day reported
- 68
See the public crossings in St. Joseph County
Latest changes
The inventory shows no recorded changes at crossings in this county in the last 8 weeks.
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Quiet zones
39 of 112 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.
- In a 24-hour quiet zone39
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.
Trains blocking crossings
Indiana law limits a train to 10 minutes blocking a road crossing, under Ind. Code § 8-6-7.5-1. 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 443 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20204 reports
- 202148 reports
- 202282 reports
- 2023129 reports
- 202485 reports
- 202538 reports
- 202657 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 IndianaHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
Federal grants listed for St. Joseph County show below. The St. Joseph County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Federal crossing grants in this county
FRA crossing elimination grants, 2024: Michiana Area Council of Governments, $1,000,000.
Source: Federal Railroad Administration list.
These grants are listed for the county. A grant that covers several counties is listed in each of them with its full amount. The grant papers do not name a crossing number.
Make a grant table of the crossings in St. Joseph CountyOpen the St. Joseph County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of St. Joseph County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of St. Joseph County
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates