How many public crossings does Metropolitan Council report in Minnesota?
The FRA inventory of lists 8 public railroad crossings in Minnesota with Metropolitan Council as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 8
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 8
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 88%
- Most trains a day reported
- 5
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 2
- Gate share compared with the state
- 53 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 88% of these crossings.
- Gates788%
- Flashing lights without reported gates113%
- Signs without reported gates or lights00%
- Other or not reported00%
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.
- Beltline BlvdSt Louis Park12,523 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 5th Ave SoHopkins674 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Wooddale Ave SSt Louis Park11,199 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Blake RdHopkins11,800 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Excelsior BlvdHopkins20,300 vehicles a day2009 road count
- W 21st StMinneapolis824 vehicles a day2012 road count
- N Cedar Lake TrailMinneapolisNo road count has been reported.
- Dominick DrMinnetonka520 vehicles a day2019 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates