RAILROAD CROSSINGS

See also RAILROADS

Abandonment, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Accidents, Minn. Rules 8830.2720, 8830.2740, 8830.3100

Additional safeguards, see Protective devices under this topic

Application of law

Bicycle path and trail crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Exceptions, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Grade crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Approaches

Construction or reconstruction, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.20

Crossing signs, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.17

Driving left of center, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.18

Grading, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.08, 219.10

Approaches, private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Bicycle path and trail crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Blocking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Cattle guards, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.31 to 219.33

Change of grade, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.08, 219.10

Changes

Crossing inventory numbers, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Grade crossings, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Repairs, see Improvement, maintenance, or repairs under this topic

City charters, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.44

Closings, grade crossings, notice, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Complaints, dangerous crossings, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39, 219.40

Consolidation, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073, 219.074, Minn. Rules 8830.2730

Construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.20, 219.40

Crossing inventory numbers, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Grade crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0220, 8830.2700

Rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Costs, payment

Bicycle path and trail crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Establishment, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Relocation, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Crossing changes

Approaches, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.08, 219.10

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Grade change violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Crossing inventory, see Inventories under this topic

Crossing restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26, 169.28, 169.29

Crossing speeds, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Crossing vacation program, see Vacating under this topic

Proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Vacating crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073, 219.074, 219.40

Dangerous crossings

Complaints, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39

Cost of correction, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Databases, USDOT-AAR crossing inventory, see Inventories under this topic

Defined, railroad law, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.16

Definitions, railroads, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Design standards, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Drains, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35

Embankments, obstructions, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384, 219.40

Engineering functions, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Establishment

Alternatives, analysis, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Applications, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Approval, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710, 8830.2730

Costs, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2710, 8830.2730

Design standards, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Maps, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

MMUTCD, compliance, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Petitions, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Plans and specifications, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710

Track owners, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Evidence, approaching trains, crossing unsafe, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Farm crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.13, 219.36

Definitions, railroads, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Signs, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Standards, exclusions, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Federal aid, improvement, maintenance, or repairs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Fences, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.31 to 219.34

Fines

Blocking violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Grading violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Improvements, maintenance, or repairs, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Obstructions, failure to remove, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384

Orders, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.42

Speed violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Flaggers, Minn. Rules 8830.0320, 8830.2500

Grade

Change of grade, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.08, 219.10

Multiple tracks, uneven grade, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Separation, see Grade separation under this topic

Grade crossing safety account, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.1651, 299C.03

Grade crossings

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200, 8830.0220

Changes, Minn. Rules 8830.0220, 8830.0300

Construction, Minn. Rules 8830.0220, 8830.2700

Definitions, railroads, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Engineering functions, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Establishment, see same under this topic

Improvement, maintenance, or repair, Minn. Rules 8830.2650, 8830.2700

Inventories, see same under this topic

Pavement marks and markers, Minn. Rules 8830.0900, 8830.2750, 8830.2760

Relocation, see same under this topic

Restoration, abandoned tracks, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Visibility, see same under this topic

Grade separation

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Engineering functions, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.2740

Improvement, maintenance, or repairs, see same under this topic

Inventories, see same under this topic

Noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.42

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074, 219.14

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073

Grades

Approach grades, private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Separation, see Grade separation under this topic

Hearings

Dangerous crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39, 219.40

Protection of crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.14

Home crossing signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.17, 219.18

Improvement, maintenance, or repairs

Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071, 219.35, 446.04

Grade crossings

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Existing crossings, approval exemptions, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Surfaces, notice requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Hazardous materials rail safety program, grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.016

Matching grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 222.50

Notice requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071, 219.403

Private crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35

Railroads, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35

Requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Southern rail corridor improvement plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.445

Industrial crossings

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Signs, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Inspections, state rail safety inspector, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.015

Inventories

Numbers

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Railroad active warning devices, Minn. Rules 8830.2125

Requirements, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.0300

USDOT-AAR crossing inventory, defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Inventory, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Investigations

Dangerous crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.39, 219.40

Guards, need for, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.23

Protection of crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.14

Protective devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.24

Stop regulations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.20

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.14

Lawsuits

Obstructions, failure to remove, recovery of fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384

Orders, noncompliance, recovery of fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.42

Trains stopping at, violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97

Violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Levels of exposure, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.445

Liability, farm crossings, gates, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.36

Location

Grade crossings, bicycle paths or trails, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Grade separation, Minn. Rules 8830.2740

Railroad active warning devices, Minn. Rules 8830.2125

Vacating, criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2720

Logging railroads, across highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.24

Maintenance, see Improvement, maintenance, or repairs under this topic

Maps, relocation or establishment, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Marks and markers

Abandoned crossings, removal, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Bicycle path and trail crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Pavement, Minn. Rules 8830.0900, 8830.2750, 8830.2760

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2750

Motor vehicles, stopping, standing, or parking on railroad crossings, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.34

Moving vehicle sight triangle

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Establishment or relocation criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Multiple tracks, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.09, 219.10

New crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.072

Notice, roadways, closure for grade crossing maintenance, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Obstructions, removal, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384, 219.40, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Orders

Appeals from, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.41

Consolidation, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Crossing changes, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Crossing guards, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.23

Dangerous crossings, correction, division of costs, method, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Grade separation, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074, 219.14

Improvement, maintenance, or repairs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

New crossings, warning devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.072

Noncompliance, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.42

Obstructions, removal, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Overhead crossings, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Protective devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.14, 219.24, 219.40

Relocation, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Safety devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Underground crossings, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Vacating, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074, 219.40

Ordinances, not abridged, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.44

Overhead crossings, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Petitions, new crossings, warning devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.072

Plans and specifications

Establishment or relocation, applications, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Grade separation, Minn. Rules 8830.2740

Private crossings

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Construction by landowners, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Farm crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0100, 8830.0310

Improvement, maintenance, or repairs, see same under this topic

Industrial crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Inventories, see same under this topic

Maintenance, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.35

Owners and ownership, Minn. Rules 8830.0310, 8830.0320

Residential crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Safety standards, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.165

Signs, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Standards, Minn. Rules 8830.0200, 8830.0310

Visibility, see same under this topic

Protective devices

Adequate protection, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.402

City charters, provisions not abridged, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.44

Crossing guards, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.23

Dangerous crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

First class cities, costs, payment from local improvement fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 446.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.26

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.14, 219.24, 219.40

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.20

Protective devices, private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Rail rehabilitation, application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Relocation, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073, 219.074

Alternatives analysis, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Approval, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710, 8830.2730

Costs, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2710, 8830.2730

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.2700

Rail carriers, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Rules 8830.2700, 8830.2710

Repairs, see Improvement, maintenance, or repairs under this topic

Residential crossings

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Signs, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Safety

Approaching trains, prima facie evidence of unsafe crossing, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Driver improvement clinics, instruction, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.973

Driver's license examination, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.13, Minn. Rules 7410.4200

Drivers' manual, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.0705

Establishment or relocation criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Grade crossing safety account, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.1651, 299C.03

Grade crossings, southern rail corridor improvement plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.445

Grade separation criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2740

Hazardous materials rail safety program, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.016

Standards, see same under this topic

Standards, rulemaking, private crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.165

Safety devices, see Protective devices under this topic

Safety devices, protective, private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

School buses, Minn. Rules 7470.0100 to 7470.1700

Signals, exemptions,, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.443

Stopping at, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28, 169.454

School safety patrol procedures, Minn. Rules 7415.0600, 7415.0700

Sight triangles

Moving vehicle sight triangle, see same under this topic

Stopped vehicle sight triangle, see same under this topic

Signs and signals, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Speed limits, motor vehicle traffic, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.14

Speeds, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Standards

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Federal standards, conformity, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Railroads, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073

Safety, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.165

Vacating, Minn. Rules 8830.2720

Visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Stop crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.20, 219.22

Stopped vehicle sight triangle

Defined, Minn. Rules 8830.0100

Design standards, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Establishment or relocation, criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2710

Obstructions, clearing, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Vacating, criteria, Minn. Rules 8830.2720

Visibility, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Stopping at

Drivers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26, 169.28, 169.29

Exempt crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28, 169.29

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Hazardous materials carriers, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28

Head Start buses, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28

Light rail crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28

Passenger carriers for hire, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28

School buses, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.28, 169.454

Trains, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.93, 219.97

Vehicles with fewer than nine inches clearance above roadways, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.29

Vehicles with speeds of less than six miles per hour, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.29

Surface, area, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Surfaces

Maintenance, grade crossings, notice, Minn. Rules 8830.2650

Private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Trail crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2760

Trains stopping at, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.93, 219.97

Transportation Department

Complaints, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.66

Underground crossings, construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Vacating

Consolidation of crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.2730

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Crossing vacation program, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074

Dangerous crossings, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.40

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.2720

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.074, 219.40

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.073

Violations and penalties

Approaches, grading violations, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Blocking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Changes, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.10

Commercial drivers, disqualification, Minn. Rules 7409.0200

Crossing gate or barrier violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Dangerous obstructions, failure to remove, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384

Driving past lowered crossing gates, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Driving past signaling flaggers, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Exemptions, Minn. Rules 8830.0220

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.97

Improvement, maintenance, or repairs, noncompliance, fines, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.071

Orders, noncompliance, fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.42

Second and subsequent offenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Speeds, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.383

Stopping violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.26

Visibility

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8830.0200

Generally, Minn. Rules 8830.0320

Standards, Minn. Rules 8830.0200, 8830.0320

Visibility, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.384

Warning signs, see under RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Width, private crossings, Minn. Rules 8830.0310

Yield signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.17, 219.20