How many railroad crossings are in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania has 3,618 public railroad crossings. 31% have gates, and 473 incidents were reported since 2016.

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Public crossings
3,618
Crossings with gates
31%
Incidents since 2016
473
Crossings with signs only
1,375

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How Pennsylvania's crossings are protected and used.

Most crossings in Pennsylvania have signs but no lights or gates.

Source: FRA public crossing inventory, checked in 2026.

473 incidents have been reported in Pennsylvania since 2016.

Source: FRA incident reports, through 2026-07-31. An unfinished year is partial.

The largest group of Pennsylvania crossings sees 1–4 trains a day.

Source: FRA public crossing inventory, checked in 2026.

Allegheny has more public crossings than any other county in Pennsylvania.

Source: FRA public crossing inventory, checked in 2026.
Show all 63 counties

Allegheny 209, York 183, Luzerne 174, Erie 157, Delaware 135, Washington 121, Montgomery 112, Berks 111, Lancaster 110, Philadelphia 109, Northumberland 99, Clearfield 89, Somerset 85, Westmoreland 85, Cumberland 83, Butler 79, Indiana 78, Fayette 77, Crawford 74, Mercer 73, Chester 70, Schuylkill 70, Bucks 69, Lehigh 65, Lackawanna 60, Blair 58, Cambria 57, Northampton 55, Adams 54, Franklin 54, Mckean 54, Lycoming 47, Dauphin 46, Beaver 44, Warren 43, Centre 40, Armstrong 37, Jefferson 36, Mifflin 35, Clinton 33, Elk 31, Columbia 29, Union 27, Lawrence 25, Venango 24, Lebanon 23, Bradford 22, Huntingdon 21, Montour 21, Tioga 18, Cameron 14, Monroe 14, Snyder 13, Greene 12, Carbon 10, Susquehanna 10, Wayne 9, Pike 8, Wyoming 7, Perry 5, Bedford 3, Juniata 1, Potter 1.

The federal inventory for Pennsylvania lists 6,566 crossing records, including 6,528 with usable map locations. The record list below includes public and private crossings.

Record coverage

Each measure covers all 6,566 records in this state. Missing information remains in the directory.

Usable map locations
6,528 of 6,566 recordsView 38 records with missing information ↗
Reported road counts
3,902 of 6,566 recordsView 2,664 records with missing information ↗
Complete train counts
6,565 of 6,566 recordsView 1 record with missing information ↗

A complete train total requires valid daytime, nighttime and switching counts. Learn what reported train counts mean.

All 6,566 crossings in Pennsylvania

Records 1–100 of 6,566

Sources were checked on . Counts are reported records, not a safety assessment. Read how the data works.