Crossings / Illinois / Champaign
Champaign
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 33 public at-grade railroad crossings in Champaign, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 2 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 21 of the crossings here, 64% of the total, ahead of Illinois Central Railroad Company at 12.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (33) and intercity (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 21 | 64% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 12 | 36% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Bradley Ave on Illinois Central Railroad Company is credited with 19 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 33 is 0. These are counts the operating railroad reported to the FRA, not measurements, and a crossing's figure can be several years old.
The highest timetable speed recorded at any crossing here is 79 mph.
Warning devices
4 of the 33 crossings carry gates and 24 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (15%) have neither, which means crossbucks, a stop sign, or no marking the inventory records at all. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.
Incident history
Form 57 records 8 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 2 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Bradley Ave — 2 reported incidents
- Duncan RD 900 E — 2 reported incidents
- Elm St — 1 reported incident
- Mattis Ave — 1 reported incident
- Springfield Ave — 1 reported incident
What this page is not
This is a summary of a federal inventory, not a measurement and not a rating. RailContext does not score crossings, streets or towns, and nothing here says a crossing is safe or unsafe, or that a neighbourhood is quiet or loud. Train counts are estimates the operating railroad filed, sometimes years ago, and a quiet zone does not guarantee silence.
To see the individual crossings nearest one address rather than a whole city, use the address check.