Residents of the Town of Windsor should be able to sleep in a bit longer this week. Town Manager Jon Davis said that the town would have a final inspection from the Federal Rail Administration on Monday, Aug. 4, following which “Quiet Zone” signage along the railroad track would be unveiled that would forbid SMART trains from using their horns within city limits.
Right on schedule, SMART issued a press release at 1pm on Monday: “The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved the establishment of a Quiet Zone in Windsor. With the Windsor Quiet Zone now approved, routine use of the train horn at designated crossings in Windsor will be discontinued beginning Tuesday, August 5, 2025.”
So the good news is that the morning trains should be a lot quieter crossing intersections inside town limits, not only in the early morning hours but throughout the train’s daily schedule. The other side of that is that the trains will still run—and they are not entirely silent on their own…