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Railroad crossing updates for Ascension Parish, Louisiana
What changed at the railroad crossings in Ascension Parish, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 29
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 83%
- Most trains a day reported
- 25
See the public crossings in Ascension Parish
Latest changes
Week of 19 October 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- Road counts updated1
Crossings that changed
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 29 public crossings here is listed in a quiet zone.
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
Louisiana law limits a train to 20 minutes blocking a road crossing, under La. Rev. Stat. § 48:391 (see also § 48:392). We found no Louisiana court ruling on this limit. Courts elsewhere have held similar limits preempted by federal law, so it may not be enforceable against railroads. Checked 16 October 2026.
The FRA lists 138 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20201 report
- 20215 reports
- 202214 reports
- 202316 reports
- 202434 reports
- 202537 reports
- 202631 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 LouisianaHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Ascension Parish yet. The Ascension Parish crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Ascension ParishOpen the Ascension Parish crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Ascension Parish (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Ascension Parish
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates