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Railroad crossing updates for Harris County, Texas

What changed at the railroad crossings in Harris County, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.

FRA crossing inventory of .

Public crossings
663
Public crossings reported with gates
75%
Most trains a day reported
400

See the public crossings in Harris County

Latest changes

Week of 19 October 2026: 2 crossings here had a recorded change.

  • Other record changes2

Crossings that changed

  • Eureka Street, Houston: removed from the federal crossing list
  • Spenwick Dr, Houston: 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.

Weekly changes in Texas

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Quiet zones

69 of 663 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.

  • In a 24-hour quiet zone69

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.

Quiet zones in TexasQuiet zone changes this week

Trains blocking crossings

Texas has no state law that limits how long a train may block a crossing. Checked 16 October 2026.

The FRA lists 25,477 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.

Reports to the FRA by year

  • 202079 reports
  • 20212,130 reports
  • 20224,118 reports
  • 20232,569 reports
  • 20245,902 reports
  • 20255,032 reports
  • 20265,647 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 TexasHow to report a blocked crossing

Upgrades and grants

Federal grants listed for Harris County show below. The Harris County crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.

Federal crossing grants in this county

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.

Choose a railroad to make a grant table for Harris County (a table holds up to 250 crossings)Open the Harris County crossing page

Train activity

See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Harris County (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.

Check train activity near the middle of Harris County

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County: Harris County, Texas

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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates