Churchill Avenue railroad crossing in Palo Alto, California
ID 754998EPublicAt gradePeninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board - Caltrain
This crossing has gates and flashing lights. About 108 trains pass each day. About 8,146 vehicles cross each day. Counted in 2021. That count is 5 years old.
Reported movements, not a timetable.Quiet zone status: No quiet zone.Source: FRA inventory of 4 October 2026.
Most reported trains pass by day: 64 of 104.
Trains a day
Reported
By day, 6 AM to 6 PM
64
At night, 6 PM to 6 AM
40
Total
104
Plus 4 switching moves a day, not shown in the ring.
About 108 trains and 8,146 vehicles cross here each day.
Road traffic
8,146 vehicles a day
Road count year
2021
counted 2021, 5 years old
Reported train total
108 trains a day
Daytime trains
64 trains a day
Nighttime trains
40 trains a day
Switching trains
4 trains a day
Passenger trains
104 trains a day
School bus route
Yes
School-bus passes
Not reported
Maximum rail speed
79 mph
Road speed limit
25 mph
The daily train total combines reported daytime, nighttime and switching movements. These reported movements are not arrival times. How reported train totals work. A school bus that crosses and returns counts as two passes on a normal school day.
Most reported trains pass during the day.
From the FRA inventory of 4 October 2026. Values are reported trains a day.
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10 incidents were reported here since 2016.
Reports
10
People injured
0
People killed
3
Reports were matched in 7 years. The latest is 2026.
Source: FRA incident reports matched to this crossing. Incident records cover 2016 through July 2026. 2026 is a partial year and cannot be compared directly with a full year.
Reports were matched in 7 years. The latest is 2026.
Year
Reports
People injured
People killed
2016
0
0
0
2017
3
0
0
2018
1
0
0
2019
1
0
0
2020
0
0
0
2021
2
0
1
2022
1
0
0
2023
1
0
1
2024
0
0
0
2025
0
0
0
2026 (through July 31)
1
0
1
Reports dated 2016 through July 2026. 2026 covers incidents through 31 July 2026, a partial year. Counts are past reports; they do not forecast what happens next.
Historical dates come from FRA reports. Recent dates show when Atlas observed a change. Neither confirms when work took place.
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1 project document names this crossing.
Project documents
The reviewed documents contain 1 reference to this crossing. A reference does not confirm that construction was completed. Check the project stage and funding status in each source. See three examples of reading project documents.
Churchill Avenue
listed CON phase
Program
California Section 130 Railway-Highway Crossings Program
Year as reported
2018-2019
Amount, USD
Not listed
What the amount covers
not listed in source
7500267 Churchill Avenue Local Agency 2018-2019 CON 5100 0018000154 75LX335 07/01/19 12/31/24 4 Santa Clara Palo Alto N/A 105E-31.00/SCL-1191 754998E
Regional sample 3.3 mi from the reported crossing location. Climate averages cover 1979–2020.
What these figures describe
Population in the map area comes from a 2025 WorldPop model, summed over the map area that contains the reported crossing location. It is not a count of people who use the crossing. Unavailable estimates remain unknown.
Regional values use the nearest sample at roughly 3.1 mi scale. Elevation dates from 2011–2015. They do not describe exact conditions at the crossing.