How many railroad crossings are in Van Buren County, Michigan?
The FRA inventory of lists 64 public railroad crossings in Van Buren County, Michigan.
- Public crossings
- 64
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 61
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 53%
- Most trains a day reported
- 9
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 3
- Gate share compared with the state
- 18 percentage points higher
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 53% of these crossings.
- Gates3453%
- Flashing lights without reported gates35%
- Signs without reported gates or lights2438%
- Other or not reported35%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
6 of 64 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 4 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route69% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates467% of route crossings
The FRA inventory says for each crossing whether it is on a school-bus route. A crossing not reported as on a school-bus route may still be on one.
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.
- Paw Paw 52ndLawrence2,844 vehicles a day2010 road count
- BlackmanLawrence127 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 50th StLawrence246 vehicles a day2004 road count
- 48th StLawrence304 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 46 1/2nd StLawrence287 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Paw Paw RdPaw Paw1,398 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Territorial RoadLawrence1,025 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 41st StPaw Paw790 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 40th StPaw Paw68 vehicles a day1996 road count
- 38th StPaw Paw15 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Johnson Rd/36th SPaw Paw10 vehicles a day1992 road count
- M40 KalamazooPaw Paw4,000 vehicles a day1990 road count
- Kalamazoo M-40Paw Paw4,000 vehicles a day1990 road count
- Gremps StreetPaw Paw1,260 vehicles a day2009 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Van Buren County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Michigan
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates