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Railroad crossing updates for Allen County, Ohio
What changed at the railroad crossings in Allen County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 134
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 69%
- Most trains a day reported
- 107
See the public crossings in Allen 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
None of the 134 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
Ohio law limits a train to 5 minutes blocking a road crossing, under Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.21. 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 261 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20207 reports
- 202137 reports
- 202259 reports
- 202366 reports
- 202412 reports
- 202528 reports
- 202652 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 OhioHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Allen County yet. The Allen County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Allen CountyOpen the Allen County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Allen County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Allen County
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates