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Railroad crossing updates for Delaware County, Ohio
What changed at the railroad crossings in Delaware County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 59
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 81%
- Most trains a day reported
- 28
See the public crossings in Delaware County
Latest changes
Week of 19 October 2026: 1 crossing here had a recorded change.
- Other record changes1
Crossings that changed
- Private Crossing, Lewis Center: removed from the federal crossing list
Earlier weeks
- Week of 28 September 20261 crossing
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
None of the 59 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 207 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20207 reports
- 202118 reports
- 2022101 reports
- 202326 reports
- 20246 reports
- 202514 reports
- 202635 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
Federal grants listed for Delaware County show below. The Delaware County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Federal crossing grants in this county
FRA crossing elimination grants, 2024: Ohio Rail Development Commission, $21,000,000.
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 Delaware CountyOpen the Delaware County crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Delaware County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Delaware County
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates