How many public crossings does Wisconsin Central Ltd. report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 215 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Wisconsin Central Ltd. as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 215
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 211
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 84%
- Most trains a day reported
- 34
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 43
- Gate share compared with the state
- 29 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 84% of these crossings.
- Gates18084%
- Flashing lights without reported gates199%
- Signs without reported gates or lights126%
- Other or not reported42%
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.
- Madison StForest Park11,700 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Forest AveRiver Forest350 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Augusta StRiver Forest1,350 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Keystone AveRiver Forest525 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Thatcher AveRiver Forest4,200 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 1st AveRiver Grove27,700 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 5th AveRiver Grove13,100 vehicles a day2014 road count
- George StMelrose Park3,000 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Fullerton AveFranklin Park2,000 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Ohio StJoliet5,000 vehicles a day2016 road count
- E 100th StChicago1,150 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- E 99th StChicago1,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- E 98th StChicago600 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- E 95th StChicago900 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- Madison StRiver Forest12,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates