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

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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.

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Report a blocked crossing

  1. Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.

  2. 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.

  3. 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