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Railroad crossing updates for Butler County, Ohio
What changed at the railroad crossings in Butler County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 128
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 79%
- Most trains a day reported
- 42
See the public crossings in Butler County
Latest changes
Week of 12 October 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- Train counts updated1
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 128 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 1,089 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 202057 reports
- 2021193 reports
- 2022359 reports
- 202388 reports
- 202493 reports
- 2025152 reports
- 2026147 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 Butler County yet. The Butler County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Butler CountyOpen the Butler County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Butler County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Butler County
Send us an update
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates