How many railroad crossings are in Harris County, Texas?
The FRA inventory of lists 663 public railroad crossings in Harris County, Texas.
- Public crossings
- 663
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 651
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 75%
- Most trains a day reported
- 400
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 334
- Gate share compared with the state
- 11 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 75% of these crossings.
- Gates49475%
- Flashing lights without reported gates244%
- Signs without reported gates or lights13320%
- Other or not reported122%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
60 of 663 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 48 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route609% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates4880% of route crossings
FRA inventory field for each crossing. 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.
- Homestead RoadHouston2,817 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Cavalcade StreetHouston507 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Cavalcade RoadHouston9,270 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Highway 225 Frontage Road WestLa Porte7,713 vehicles a day2019 road count
- West Wingfoot RoadHouston2,587 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Blankenship StreetHouston268 vehicles a day2001 road count
- Hirsch RoadHouston3,893 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Highway 225 Frontage Road EastLa Porte6,178 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Galveston RoadHouston10,360 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Avenue AKaty5,000 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Wayman Gordon DriveHouston250 vehicles a day2020 road count
- North West Lake DriveHouston250 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Airport BoulevardHouston12,497 vehicles a day2024 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Harris County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Texas
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates