How many railroad crossings are in Chapel Hill, North Carolina?
The FRA inventory of lists 8 public railroad crossings in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- Public crossings
- 8
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 8
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 63%
- Most trains a day reported
- 2
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 0
- Gate share compared with the state
- About the same
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 63% of these crossings.
- Gates563%
- Flashing lights without reported gates113%
- Signs without reported gates or lights225%
- 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 Chapel Hill, North Carolina have the most trains?
- The crossing on Estes Drive reports 2 trains a day.
- The crossing on NC 86 reports 1 train a day.
- The crossing on Mill House Road reports 1 train a day.
- The crossing on Mill House Road reports 1 train a day.
- The crossing on Eubanks Road reports 1 train a day.
They are on Estes Drive, NC 86, Mill House Road and Eubanks Road. None of the 8 public crossings in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 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.
- Estes DriveChapel Hill13,163 vehicles a day2014 road count
- NC 86Chapel Hill5,354 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Mill House RoadChapel Hill1,436 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Mill House RoadChapel Hill1,289 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Eubanks RoadChapel Hill5,972 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Homestead RoadChapel Hill10,051 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Merritt Mill RoadChapel Hill6,661 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Cameron AvenueChapel Hill7,251 vehicles a day2016 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Chapel Hill? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in North Carolina
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates