How many railroad crossings are in Newton, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 20 public railroad crossings in Newton, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 20
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 20
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 20%
- Most trains a day reported
- 8
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 4
- Gate share compared with the state
- 10 percentage points lower
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 20% of these crossings.
- Gates420%
- Flashing lights without reported gates945%
- Signs without reported gates or lights735%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Newton, Iowa have the most trains?
- The crossing on W 11th Street N reports 8 trains a day.
- The crossing on W 4th Street N reports 8 trains a day.
- The crossing on N 19th Ave E reports 8 trains a day.
- The crossing on N 39th Ave E reports 6 trains a day.
- The crossing on E 8th Street N reports 5 trains a day.
They are on W 11th Street N, W 4th Street N, N 19th Ave E, N 39th Ave E and E 8th Street N. None of the 20 public crossings in Newton, Iowa has a quiet-zone designation.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- W 11th Street NNewton640 vehicles a day1998 road count
- W 4th Street NNewton830 vehicles a day1998 road count
- N 19th Ave ENewton3,820 vehicles a day2014 road count
- N 39th Ave ENewton120 vehicles a day2014 road count
- E 8th Street NNewton1,170 vehicles a day2014 road count
- S 36th Ave WestNewton110 vehicles a day2014 road count
- West 54th St SouthNewton60 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Maple StreetNewton30 vehicles a day2014 road count
- S 24th Ave WNewton100 vehicles a day2014 road count
- S 12th Ave WNewton310 vehicles a day2014 road count
- W 10th Street NNewton640 vehicles a day1998 road count
- N 8th Avenue ENewton1,980 vehicles a day2014 road count
- E 5th Street NNewton640 vehicles a day1998 road count
- E 6th Street NNewton48 vehicles a day1978 road count
- E 7th Street NNewton296 vehicles a day1978 road count
- E 19th St NNewton2,240 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Hwy T 12Newton910 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Iris AveNewton25 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Iowa StNewton100 vehicles a day2014 road count
- N 15th Ave ENewton200 vehicles a day1982 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Newton? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates