New Hampshire crossing facts for reporters

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• The federal inventory lists 342 public railroad crossings in New Hampshire.

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• New Hampshire has the 45th most public crossings among states.

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• 15% of public crossings in New Hampshire have gates. Another 109 crossings have flashing lights without gates, and 153 crossings have signs only.

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• The crossing with the most trains in New Hampshire is on Salem St in Exeter. It reports 15 trains a day.

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• 0 public crossings in New Hampshire report 20 or more trains a day.

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• Coos has more public crossings than any other county in New Hampshire, with 78.

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• 3 incidents were reported to the FRA at public crossings in New Hampshire since 2016.

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Counts are reported records, not a rating of any crossing. Incidents are the reports railroads file with the FRA.

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Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory, via Rail Crossing Atlas (New Hampshire, data of 21 October 2026).

This link always opens the same version of the data, even after later updates: New Hampshire data, version of 21 October 2026. The method page for that version explains each source: sources and dates.

https://railcrossingatlas.tansolutions.org/crossings/states/new-hampshire?revision=fra-0ac076ef35774850d80c15da

Rail Crossing Atlas, Tan Solutions. (2026, October 21). Railroad crossings in New Hampshire (Published revision fra-0ac076ef35774850d80c15da). https://railcrossingatlas.tansolutions.org/crossings/states/new-hampshire?revision=fra-0ac076ef35774850d80c15da

Rail Crossing Atlas, Tan Solutions. “Railroad crossings in New Hampshire.” October 21, 2026. Published revision fra-0ac076ef35774850d80c15da. https://railcrossingatlas.tansolutions.org/crossings/states/new-hampshire?revision=fra-0ac076ef35774850d80c15da.

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