How many public crossings does Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corp. -- Metra report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 356 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corp. -- Metra as the reporting railroad.
- 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
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 percentage points higher
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.
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates