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Railroad crossing updates for Oakland County, Michigan
What changed at the railroad crossings in Oakland County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 111
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 64%
- Most trains a day reported
- 8
See the public crossings in Oakland 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
5 of 111 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.
- In a 24-hour quiet zone5
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
Michigan law limits a train to 5 minutes blocking a road crossing, under Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.391. 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 872 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 2020181 reports
- 2021116 reports
- 2022105 reports
- 202386 reports
- 2024169 reports
- 2025135 reports
- 202680 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 MichiganHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Oakland County yet. The Oakland County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Oakland CountyOpen the Oakland County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Oakland County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Oakland County
Send us an update
Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates