Crossing Inventory Source Data (Form 71) - Current

A highway-rail crossing is a location where a public highway, road, street, or private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks. All such crossings are reported by railroads and state Department of Transportations to the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.71 U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory Form. Each location has an assigned U.S. DOT Grade Crossing Identification Number, or crossing ID.

This dataset is the source dataset and contains raw data values. It replaced the legacy data download (https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/DownloadCrossingInventoryData.aspx). To download data that contains data in a user-friendly human-readable format, please reference https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Crossing-Inventory-Data-Current/m2f8-22s6.

The data dictionary can be found here: https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/8uv2-y4is/files/9ad38db9-c214-4e51-8e0a-31eeaca0d77d?download=true&filename=GCIS_Data_Dictionary_External_Use_v3-2-0-152_Rel_06-21-2022.pdf

For information on how to filter and export data, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Download-Export-and-Print-User-Guide/s8hj-vns8/.

To view the data release schedule, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Data-Release-Schedule/qfc9-tapk/.

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notes A highway-rail crossing is a location where a public highway, road, street, or private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks. All such crossings are reported by railroads and state Department of Transportations to the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.71 U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory Form. Each location has an assigned U.S. DOT Grade Crossing Identification Number, or crossing ID. This dataset is the source dataset and contains raw data values. It replaced the legacy data download (https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/DownloadCrossingInventoryData.aspx). To download data that contains data in a user-friendly human-readable format, please reference https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Crossing-Inventory-Data-Current/m2f8-22s6. The data dictionary can be found here: https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/8uv2-y4is/files/9ad38db9-c214-4e51-8e0a-31eeaca0d77d?download=true&filename=GCIS_Data_Dictionary_External_Use_v3-2-0-152_Rel_06-21-2022.pdf For information on how to filter and export data, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Download-Export-and-Print-User-Guide/s8hj-vns8/. To view the data release schedule, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Data-Release-Schedule/qfc9-tapk/.
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title Crossing Inventory Source Data (Form 71) - Current