Crossings / Illinois / Franklin Park
Franklin Park
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 17 public at-grade railroad crossings in Franklin Park, IL, operated by 4 railroads. 8 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAIL CORP. -- METRA operates 6 of the crossings here, 35% of the total, ahead of SOO Line Railroad Company at 6.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (9), commuter (6) and tourist/other (1).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAIL CORP. -- METRA | 6 | 35% |
| SOO Line Railroad Company | 6 | 35% |
| WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. | 3 | 18% |
| Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company | 2 | 12% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Elm Street on NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAIL CORP. -- METRA is credited with 98 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 17 is 2. 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
9 of the 17 crossings carry gates and 3 have flashing lights without gates. 5 (29%) 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
9 of the crossings (53%) 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 3 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 1 injury. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Elm Street — 1 reported incident
- Scott Street — 1 reported incident
- Franklin Avenue — 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.