Crossings / Illinois / Elmhurst
Elmhurst
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 13 public at-grade railroad crossings in Elmhurst, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 7 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Union Pacific Railroad Company operates 7 of the crossings here, 54% of the total, ahead of Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company at 6.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (13) and commuter (7).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | 7 | 54% |
| Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company | 6 | 46% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Poplar Avenue on Union Pacific Railroad Company is credited with 101 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 13 is 97. 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 70 mph.
Warning devices
13 of the 13 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.
Horns and quiet zones
13 of the crossings (100%) are recorded under a whistle ban. A quiet zone is not silence: horns still sound for emergencies, track workers and at the engineer's discretion, and the status in the inventory is only as current as the last railroad filing.
Incident history
Form 57 records 7 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 3 deaths. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Haven Road — 2 reported incidents
- York Street — 2 reported incidents
- Cottage Hill Avenue — 1 reported incident
- York St — 1 reported incident
- Vallette St — 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.