Crossings / Oregon / Hillsboro
Hillsboro
Oregon.
The federal crossing inventory lists 36 public at-grade railroad crossings in Hillsboro, OR, operated by 2 railroads. 10 of them carry more than one track.
Who runs the track
Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. operates 30 of the crossings here, 83% of the total, ahead of TRIMET (MAX LIGHT RAIL) at 6.
Train services crossing these streets: freight (30) and transit (6).
| Railroad | Crossings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. | 30 | 83% |
| TRIMET (MAX LIGHT RAIL) | 6 | 17% |
How much traffic is reported
The busiest crossing at NE 28th Ave on TRIMET (MAX LIGHT RAIL) is credited with 120 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 36 is 8. 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 40 mph.
Warning devices
27 of the 36 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. 9 (25%) 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 2 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.
- Wren Rd — 2 reported incidents
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.