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.
- Illinois StreetStreator475 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Martin Luther King Junior DriveDecatur6,650 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Water StreetDecatur1,450 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Church Street WalkwayDecaturNo road count has been reported.
- Edward StreetDecatur1,400 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1900 EastSidney150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 1800 EastPhilo10 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 1700 EastPhilo75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Harrison StreetPhilo450 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Lincoln StreetPhilo3,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1500 EastPhilo200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 1400 EastPhilo75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 800 NorthTolono300 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 1200 EastTolono400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Elizabeth StreetTolono700 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Bourne StreetTolono325 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Austin StreetTolono175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Duncan RoadTolono250 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 800 EastSadorus50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 700 EastSadorus125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- West StreetSadorus625 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 500 EastSadorus75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 400 EastSadorus100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 300 EastIvesdale75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 200 EastIvesdale1,100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 100 EastIvesdale100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Sandford StreetIvesdale100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 1400 EastIvesdale25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1000 NorthIvesdale50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1300 EastIvesdale50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1200 EastBement25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1100 EastBement25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Road 1000 EastBement75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Piatt StreetBement325 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Macon StreetBement2,850 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Sangamon StreetBement350 vehicles a day2020 road count
- HawthorneHartford2,700 vehicles a day2024 road count
- State Line RoadDanville550 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Poland RoadDanville475 vehicles a day2023 road count
- N 2050 Road EastDanville100 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 1970 EastDanville150 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Voorhees StreetDanville5,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pries StreetDanville175 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Bowman AvenueDanville7,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Williams StreetDanville2,650 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Sixth StreetGibson City175 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Quercus Grove RoadHamel325 vehicles a day2021 road count
- N Phillips LaneMt Vernon50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Congress StreetChapin75 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Poplar StreetChapin200 vehicles a day2019 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