How many public crossings does Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corp. -- Metra report?
The federal inventory lists 356 public crossings with Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corp. -- Metra as the reporting railroad.
FRA inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 356
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 298
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 71%
- Most trains a day reported
- 182
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 175
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 71% of these crossings.
- Gates25371%
- Flashing lights without reported gates4513%
- Signs without reported gates or lights00%
- Other or not reported5816%
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.
- Carpenter StChicago1,600 vehicles a day2016 road count
- N Green StreetChicago3,850 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Racine AvenueChicago3,500 vehicles a day2022 road count
- May StChicago5,050 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Morgan StChicago2,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Aberdeen StChicago1,350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Carpenter StChicago450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Clinton StChicago3,750 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 73rd AvenueElmwood Park950 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Vermont StBlue Island8,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Grove StBlue Island475 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Narragansett AveChicago11,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Oak Park AvenueChicago10,150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Sayre AvenueChicago1,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Nordica AvenueChicago1,425 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Neva AvenueChicago1,400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Thatcher AvenueRiver Grove23,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Des Plaines RiverRiver Grove24,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Elm StreetFranklin Park2,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Edgington StreetFranklin Park1,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 25th AvenueFranklin Park10,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Calwagner StreetFranklin Park350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Ruby StreetFranklin Park1,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Scott StreetFranklin Park1,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Franklin Pk PedFranklin ParkNo road count has been reported.
- N Harlem AvenueChicago19,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- N 75th AvenueElmwood Park2,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Elmwood Park PedElmwood ParkNo road count has been reported.
- W Grand AvenueElmwood Park18,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 77th Court Ped PathElmwood ParkNo road count has been reported.
- Shermer RoadNorthbrook11,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Dundee RoadNorthbrook24,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Osterman AvenueDeerfield900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Hazel AveDeerfield1,450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Greenwood AveDeerfield2,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Half Day RoadBannockburn20,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- W Old Mill RdLake Forest1,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Everett RoadLake Forest7,450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- ConwayLake Forest650 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Rock Land RoadLake Bluff15,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Grayland PedwayChicagoNo road count has been reported.
- N Central AvenueChicago16,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Caldwell AveChicago18,100 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Devon AveChicago22,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Touhy AveNiles29,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Howard StreetNiles15,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Lincoln AvenueMorton Grove3,500 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lincoln LaneMorton Grove1,325 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Dempster StMorton Grove34,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Beckwith RoadMorton Grove5,500 vehicles a day2022 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates