How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,502 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,502
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,491
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 71%
- Most trains a day reported
- 110
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 246
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 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 71% of these crossings.
- Gates1,06171%
- Flashing lights without reported gates17211%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25817%
- Other or not reported111%
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.
- Airflite AvenueCahokia75 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Poplar AvenueElmhurst3,350 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Haven RoadElmhurst3,000 vehicles a day2024 road count
- York StreetElmhurst4,000 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lyndon RoadMorrison750 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Cottage Hill AvenueElmhurst2,725 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Maple AvenueElmhurst2,150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- South West AvenueElmhurst7,950 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraVilla Park1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- Main StreetSouth Pekin1,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Myrtle AvenueElmhurst1,900 vehicles a day2020 road count
- South Wheaton AvenueWheaton2,100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- South West StreetWheaton6,700 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Villa AvenueVilla Park6,800 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North Ardmore AvenueVilla Park7,100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North Addison AvenueVilla Park9,050 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Grace StreetLombard9,450 vehicles a day2016 road count
- South Elizabeth StreetLombard2,850 vehicles a day2024 road count
- South Finley RoadLombard4,750 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North Park BoulevardGlen Ellyn11,200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North Main StreetGlen Ellyn6,050 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Prospect AvenueGlen Ellyn4,600 vehicles a day2024 road count
- College RoadWheaton3,650 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North President StreetWheaton11,300 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Washington StreetWheaton7,100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Cross StreetWheaton2,750 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Main StreetWheaton11,200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- South Hale StreetWheaton1,700 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Winfield RoadWinfield10,700 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Sunset AvenueWest Chicago1,050 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Wood StreetWest Chicago2,600 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Washington StreetWest Chicago9,950 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Third StreetGeneva2,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Western AvenueGeneva3,750 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Brundige RoadGeneva225 vehicles a day2023 road count
- La Fox RoadLafox3,150 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Kilbourn AvenueChicago6,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- First AvenueMaywood25,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North 5th AvenueMaywood8,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 9th AvenueMaywood9,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South 19th AvenueMelrose Park4,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Wolf RoadBerkeley2,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Jerome LaneCahokia2,600 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Mildred AvenueCahokia950 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Water StreetDupo1,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Big Muddy Levee RoadGrand Tower10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Kings Ferry RoadGrand Tower10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Elliott RoadGrand Tower10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Howardton RoadGrand Tower10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oakwood Bottom RoadGorham25 vehicles a day2022 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.
Union Pacific's line for urgent reports: 888-877-7267.
UP contact pageUnion Pacific form for a train blocking a street crossing
Have ready: the crossing location and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign. Checked on on up.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