Crossings / Illinois / Mattoon
Mattoon
Illinois.
The federal crossing inventory lists 27 public at-grade railroad crossings in Mattoon, IL, operated by 2 railroads. 4 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Illinois Central Railroad Company operates 19 of the crossings here, 70% of the total, ahead of Central Grain at 8.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (19) and intercity (4).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | 19 | 70% |
| Central Grain | 8 | 30% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at Marshall Ave on Illinois Central Railroad Company is credited with 19 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 27 is 4. 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
11 of the 27 crossings carry gates and 8 have flashing lights without gates. 8 (30%) 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 1 reported incident at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Old State Rd — 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.