How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,058 public railroad crossings in Illinois with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,058
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 944
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 69%
- Most trains a day reported
- 94
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 115
- Gate share compared with the state
- 15 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 69% of these crossings.
- Gates73369%
- Flashing lights without reported gates363%
- Signs without reported gates or lights17517%
- Other or not reported11411%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
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.
- N Fairdrive LnWoodlawn125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Highline RdWoodlawn250 vehicles a day2021 road count
- CR-1375 NWoodlawn125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWoodlawn50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Chopin RdWoodlawn10 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWoodlawn25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWaltonville25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWaltonville100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWaltonville10 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Vine RdSesser50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Peach Orchard RdSesser475 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Valier Lake RdValier50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Izaac Walton RdValier625 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Cherry StFreeman Spur100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Reservoir RdHerrin10 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Park St RdValier1,300 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Freeman Sp BlktopFreeman Spur800 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Il SH 15Woodlawn3,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- County RoadCentralia400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- County RoadCentralia125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- E Base Line RdCentralia200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Flagg RdRochelle4,050 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Broadway StCentralia6,700 vehicles a day2002 road count
- 5th StreetCentralia2,700 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Calumet StCentralia4,150 vehicles a day2002 road count
- 17th StreetCentralia2,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- E Dix-irvingtonCentralia1,800 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Cherry StCentralia25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- CR-1825 NWaltonville150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Il SH 148Waltonville3,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Knob StWaltonville400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Bonnie RdWaltonville50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Casper RdWaltonville75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Emerson City RdSesser150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County Rd 1750nSesser50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Young StSesser125 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Franklin Ave ESesser3,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Coal StSesser450 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 15th StreetChristopher325 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Belleville AveChristopher300 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Cherry StChristopher50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Washington StChristopher375 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Bandyville RdHerrin3,450 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Herrin RdHerrin6,200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Stotlar RdHerrin2,050 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Knox RdFreeman Spur50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Pottstown RdPeoria2,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- MainIpava2,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Quincy AveNaperville4,700 vehicles a day2024 road count
- S Leavitt StreetChicago1,550 vehicles a day2022 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
BNSF's line for a train blocking a crossing: 1-800-832-5452. Choose option 3 when the call answers.
Have ready: the street or roadway, the city and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign at the crossing. Checked on on bnsf.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates