How many railroad crossings are in Houston, Texas?
The FRA inventory of lists 426 public railroad crossings in Houston, Texas.
- Public crossings
- 426
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 419
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 72%
- Most trains a day reported
- 400
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 251
- Gate share compared with the state
- 8 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 72% of these crossings.
- Gates30672%
- Flashing lights without reported gates174%
- Signs without reported gates or lights9623%
- Other or not reported72%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Houston, Texas have the most trains?
- The crossing on IH-610 E Frntg reports 400 trains a day.
- The crossing on IH-610 W Frntg reports 400 trains a day.
- The crossing on Ua 0090 reports 400 trains a day.
- The crossing on Trentham Place reports 70 trains a day.
- The crossing on West Street reports 70 trains a day.
They are on IH-610 E Frntg, IH-610 W Frntg, Ua 0090, Trentham Place and West Street. 64 of the 426 public crossings in Houston, Texas have a quiet-zone designation.
Train quiet zones in Houston, Texas
64 public crossings in Houston, Texas have a quiet-zone designation.
- The crossing on Trentham Place is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Oliver Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Sawyer Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Henderson Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Silver Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Houston Avenue is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Maury Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Sherwin Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Tc Jester Boulevard is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Roy Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Durham Drive is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on North Shepherd Drive is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Parker Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Patterson Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Heights Boulevard is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Harvard Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Chimney Rock Road is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Hillcroft Avenue is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Haviland Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Fondren Road is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Post Oak Southbound Frontage is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Post Oak Northbound Frontage is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Gregg Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on IH 0610 W Bnd Frntg is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on IH 0610 E Bnd Frntg is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Polk Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Jefferson Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Lawndale Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Telephone Road is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
35 more are on other pages of the list below.
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.
- IH-610 E FrntgHouston25,888 vehicles a day2019 road count
- IH-610 W FrntgHouston25,207 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Ua 0090Houston49,660 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Trentham PlaceHouston330 vehicles a day2019 road count
- West StreetHouston310 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Market StreetHouston6,361 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Ship Channel EntranceHouston2,740 vehicles a day1991 road count
- Liberty RoadHouston5,364 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Liberty RoadHouston1,493 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Lyons AvenueHouston480 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Gate 1st RdHouston1,180 vehicles a day2001 road count
- Caplin StreetHouston278 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Oliver StreetHouston2,509 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Sawyer StreetHouston12,405 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Henderson StreetHouston355 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Silver StreetHouston1,998 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Houston AvenueHouston17,533 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Cavalcade StreetHouston5,517 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Cavalcade StreetHouston5,517 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Central StreetHouston6,801 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Maury StreetHouston3,227 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Dodge StreetHouston703 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Lawndale StreetHouston5,654 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Allen Genoa RoadHouston3,395 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Sherwin StreetHouston1,277 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Tc Jester BoulevardHouston11,466 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Roy StreetHouston1,382 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Durham DriveHouston16,490 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North Shepherd DriveHouston13,715 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Parker StreetHouston595 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Patterson StreetHouston3,792 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Heights BoulevardHouston15,294 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Harvard StreetHouston1,689 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Griggs RdHouston5,580 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 225 Eastbound FrontageHouston940 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Chimney Rock RoadHouston12,080 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Hillcroft AvenueHouston14,190 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Haviland StreetHouston1,329 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Fondren RoadHouston18,983 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Post Oak Southbound FrontageHouston6,788 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Post Oak Northbound FrontageHouston5,971 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Gregg StreetHouston843 vehicles a day2024 road count
- IH 0610 W Bnd FrntgHouston1,102 vehicles a day2024 road count
- IH 0610 E Bnd FrntgHouston1,345 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Polk StreetHouston8,188 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Jefferson StreetHouston676 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lawndale StreetHouston4,896 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Telephone RoadHouston9,887 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Tidwell RoadHouston7,380 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Wallisville RoadHouston2,311 vehicles a day2019 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Houston? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Texas
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates