How many public crossings does Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority report in Massachusetts?
The FRA inventory of lists 338 public railroad crossings in Massachusetts with Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 338
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 266
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 70%
- Most trains a day reported
- 66
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 108
- Gate share compared with the state
- 12 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 70% of these crossings.
- Gates23570%
- Flashing lights without reported gates206%
- Signs without reported gates or lights113%
- Other or not reported7221%
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.
- Concord StreetFramingham35,000 vehicles a day2001 road count
- Canal StreetMedford2,562 vehicles a day2021 road count
- High StreetMedford17,502 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Bishop StreetFramingham12,500 vehicles a day2001 road count
- Padleford StreetBerkley2,280 vehicles a day2003 road count
- Myricks StreetBerkley3,840 vehicles a day2003 road count
- NewtonvilleNewtonNo road count has been reported.
- West NewtonNewtonNo road count has been reported.
- AuburndaleNewtonNo road count has been reported.
- Wellesley HillsWellesleyNo road count has been reported.
- West NatickNatickNo road count has been reported.
- West Medford StationMedfordNo road count has been reported.
- Wilmington StationWilmingtonNo road count has been reported.
- Second StreetEverett14,847 vehicles a day2019 road count
- West Third StreetChelsea6,885 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Everett AvenueChelsea23,300 vehicles a day2002 road count
- Spruce StreetChelsea16,000 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Arlington/Sixth StreetsChelsea2,700 vehicles a day2000 road count
- Eastern AvenueChelsea31,563 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Oak Island RoadRevere2,100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Congress StBeverly2,279 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Beverly Depot Pedestrian CenterBeverlyNo road count has been reported.
- Beverly Depot Pedestrian WestBeverlyNo road count has been reported.
- Braintree StationBraintreeNo road count has been reported.
- Railroad AvenueNorwood4,888 vehicles a day2019 road count
- N Billerica StationBillericaNo road count has been reported.
- Main StreetAshland15,900 vehicles a day2002 road count
- Cherry StreetAshland3,055 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Endicott StationDedhamNo road count has been reported.
- Dedham Corp Park - EastDedhamNo road count has been reported.
- Dedham Corp Park - CenterDedhamNo road count has been reported.
- Dedham Corp Park - WestDedhamNo road count has been reported.
- Islington StationWestwoodNo road count has been reported.
- Norwood Depot EastNorwoodNo road count has been reported.
- Norwood Depot WestNorwoodNo road count has been reported.
- Norwood Central EastNorwoodNo road count has been reported.
- Norwood Central WestNorwoodNo road count has been reported.
- Andover StreetLawrence10,680 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Marblehead StreetNorth Andover5,472 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Sutton StreetNorth Andover16,350 vehicles a day2019 road count
- North Main StreetNorth Andover4,639 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Cross RoadHaverhill2,289 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bradford WestHaverhillNo road count has been reported.
- Bradford EastHaverhillNo road count has been reported.
- Haverhill WestHaverhillNo road count has been reported.
- Haverhill EastHaverhillNo road count has been reported.
- Lawrence StationLawrenceNo road count has been reported.
- Lowell Junction RoadAndover4,350 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Tewksbury StreetAndover1,154 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Andover StreetAndover7,737 vehicles a day2021 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates