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Railroad crossings in Boston, Massachusetts

The federal inventory lists 10 public railroad crossings in Boston, Massachusetts.

Inventory of 4 October 2026.

Public crossings: 10
Crossings with identified warning equipment: 2
Crossings reported with gates: 10%
Highest reported trains per day: 40
Reported incidents since 2016: 1
Gate share compared with the state: 47 percentage points lower

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Crossings on page 1 in BostonLatitude 42.3101°, longitude -71.1132°.

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Gates are reported at 10% of these crossings.

Gates110%
Flashing lights without reported gates110%
Signs without reported gates or lights00%
Other or not reported880%

Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported equipment. Missing fields don't mean the equipment is absent.

Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a measure of crossing safety.

Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.

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Crossings are ordered by reported trains per day, from highest to lowest.

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Roslindale EastBoston970918COther or not reported
40Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
Roslindale WestBoston970919JOther or not reported
40Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
Bellevue StationBoston970920DOther or not reported
40Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
West Roxbury EastBoston970921KOther or not reported
40Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
West Roxbury WestBoston970922SOther or not reported
40Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
Readville Lower pedBoston970940POther or not reported
37Trains per day
No road count has been reported.
WIDETT CIRCLEBoston935990BFlashing lights reported
25Trains per day
8,552 vehicles per day2019 road count
RUTHERFORD AVBoston400657HGates reported
0Trains per day
51,600 vehicles per day2002 road count
MAIN STBoston400658POther or not reported
0Trains per day
8,000 vehicles per day2019 road count
Widett CircleBoston980898VOther or not reported
0Trains per day
1 vehicles per day1970 road count

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Cambridge7 public crossings
Somerville3 public crossings
Needham11 public crossings
Dedham4 public crossings
Belmont1 public crossings
Newton3 public crossings

Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Read about the data.

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