Rail Crossing Locator

Federal Railroad Administration

About this app

NOTICE: Report grade crossing emergencies by calling the phone number posted at the grade crossing or call 911 if the number is missing.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Rail Crossing Locator helps you locate highway-rail grade crossings and explore detailed information from the USDOT's grade crossing database(s). Users can: locate crossings by USDOT Crossing ID, address or exploring the map; access inventory records submitted by states and railroads; and view accident history. Users can also select from multiple base maps and identify railroad crossings by characteristics. This app empowers the public (including transportation, emergency response, and community and safety organizations) to join the FRA's efforts to further improve grade crossing safety. States and Railroads are responsible for the accuracy of the grade crossing physical and operating characteristics within inventory records.

…always eXpect a train…

Key Features:
- Locate highway-rail grade crossings near your location
- Locate highway-rail grade crossings by USDOT Crossing ID
- Locate highway-rail grade crossings by address or by exploring the map
- Locate highway-rail grade crossing by characteristics such as Railroad, Type, or Quiet Zone
- View the official USDOT highway-rail grade crossing inventory record with characteristics
- View the official USDOT collision record with accident/collision history for specific crossings
- Provide the FRA with information about crossings

For more about rail safety or the FRA visit:
FRA: http://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0001
FRA’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USDOTFRA
FRA’s twitter: https://twitter.com/USDOTFRA
FRA Safety Data Site: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/default.aspx

For more about highway-rail grade crossing safety visit:
Operation Lifesaver: http://oli.org

Ratings and reviews

Decent app, used for locating rail crossings when responding to incidents at work. However, the frustrating thing about this app is not being able to use GPS coordinates, nearest cross streets, or a street address and being able to click a button that would pull up Directions/GPS guidance. Would definitely be 5 stars if I could search for a crossing and just be able to click a "Navigate To Crossing" button. The other guys at work have iphones and their app has this option.

I use this app to locate railroad crossing for train crew pick ups. This app is quite simple and I'd like to see some feature additions, however THIS APP DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL DO. No fuss, no muss! In my experience as a professional driver who has to rely on applications like Rail Crossing Locator, I would rate it a 10/10. That's correct, it rates a perfect score, IMHO.

The Apple version of the app is five stars due to the ability to get directions to the crossing through the app. I constantly use the locator app on my company phone (iphone). The Andriod version disappointingly doesn't the ability to open direction in another app (Google maps, wazes, etc). Also, it would be nice to have a filter for crossings with active warning devices versus passive warning devices

What's new

Bug fixes