How many public crossings does Chicago Rail Link report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 17 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Chicago Rail Link as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 17
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 16
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 29%
- Most trains a day reported
- 35
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 3
- Gate share compared with the state
- 25 percentage points lower
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 29% of these crossings.
- Gates529%
- Flashing lights without reported gates00%
- Signs without reported gates or lights1165%
- Other or not reported16%
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.
- E 100th StreetChicago6,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 104th StChicago3,250 vehicles a day2018 road count
- S Halsted StreetChicago14,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- S Union AvenueChicago250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lowe AvChicago325 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Wallace StreetChicago375 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Parnell AvenueChicago500 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Normal AvenueChicago500 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 104th StChicago3,250 vehicles a day2018 road count
- S Ewing AvenueChicago11,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 112th StreetChicago150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 114th StreetChicago250 vehicles a day2018 road count
- E 105th StChicago1,050 vehicles a day2022 road count
- E 105th StChicago450 vehicles a day2010 road count
- E 105th StChicago450 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Muskegon AveChicago7,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Muskegon AveChicago7,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates