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49 USC 20102: Definitions Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
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§20102. Definitions

In this part-

(1) "railroad"-

(A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including-

(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and

(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but


(B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.


(2) "railroad carrier" means a person providing railroad transportation.

( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 863 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
20102(1) 45:16. Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, §1, 36 Stat. 298 ; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §13(3)(E), 102 Stat. 632 .
  45:22. Feb. 17, 1911, ch. 103, §1, 36 Stat. 913 ; June 7, 1924, ch. 355, §1, 43 Stat. 659 ; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §14(1), 102 Stat. 632 .
  45:38 (last sentence). May 6, 1910, ch. 208, 36 Stat. 350 , §1 (last sentence); added June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §15(1)(C), 102 Stat. 633 .
  45:61(a). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §1(a), 34 Stat. 1415 ; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 463 ; restated Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95–574, §5, 92 Stat. 2461 ; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(1)(A), 102 Stat. 634 .
  45:61(b)(1). Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §1(b)(1), 34 Stat. 1415 ; restated Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 463 ; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(1)(B), 102 Stat. 634 .
  45:431(e). Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, §202(e), 84 Stat. 971 ; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §7(a), 102 Stat. 628 .
  49:App.:26(a). Feb. 4, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379 , §25(a); added Feb. 28, 1920, ch. 91, §441, 41 Stat. 498 ; Aug. 26, 1937, ch. 818, 50 Stat. 835 ; Sept. 18, 1940, ch. 722, §14(b), 54 Stat. 919 ; restated June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §17(1), 102 Stat. 635 .
20102(2) (no source).

Clause (1) is substituted for the source provisions to avoid repeating the definition of "railroad" in each chapter in this part.

Clause (2) is added to distinguish between railroad transportation and the entity providing railroad transportation.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 42 section 12181.