How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 942 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 942
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 930
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 58%
- Most trains a day reported
- 39
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 105
- Gate share compared with the state
- 3 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 58% of these crossings.
- Gates54558%
- Flashing lights without reported gates12914%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25627%
- Other or not reported121%
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.
- Fifth AvenueKankakee6,000 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Main AvenueKankakee1,400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 2100 EastDwight50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 2000 EastKinsman200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1900 EastRansom50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1800 EastRansom10 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1700 EastRansom25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1600 EastRansom50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Route 170Ransom1,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1400 EastRansom10 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1300 EastRansom10 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1100 EastRansom25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 975 EastStreator150 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 800 EastStreator50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 750 EastStreator25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 675 EastStreator575 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Livingston RoadStreator550 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Twelfth StreetStreator2,000 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bernstein StreetStreator50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Charles StreetStreator200 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Lundy StreetStreator800 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Livingston StreetStreator100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Hall StreetStreator325 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Illinois StreetStreator675 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Third StreetHartford125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Seventh StreetHartford150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Robbins RoadHartford700 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Levee RdHartford150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- New Poag RoadHartford5,400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Thorngate RoadGranite City175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Chain Of Rocks RdGranite City3,150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Schaeffer RoadGranite City300 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Pontoon RoadGranite City9,350 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 20th StreetGranite City900 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Harper AvenueGranville4,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Fifteenth RoadMagnolia50 vehicles a day2016 road count
- East Zero RoadMagnolia75 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Road 1550 EastMcNabb10 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 350 NorthMcNabb50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1475 EastMcNabb25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Route 89McNabb1,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Main StreetMcNabb750 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 600 NorthMcNabb100 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 700 NorthMcNabb50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 750 NorthMcNabb25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 850 NorthGranville50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 950 NorthGranville25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1300 EastGranville200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- McCoy StreetGranville1,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Main StreetGranville325 vehicles a day2023 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.
Norfolk Southern's line for crossing gates, signals and rough crossings: 800-453-2530. Norfolk Southern's 24-hour police line is 800-946-4744.
Contact details on Norfolk Southern's website
Have ready: the street or roadway name, the city and the six-digit DOT crossing number on the sign. Checked on on norfolksouthern.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