Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§941 Railroad stations on rights of way granted

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS › § 941

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Railroad companies that run trains through U.S. Territories on tracks where Congress gave them a right of way over public lands must provide and keep up passenger stations and freight depots. Those stations and depots must be at or within one-fourth of a mile of the border of any town site along their line that was created under the Interior Department before August 8, 1894.

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Title 43, §941

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All railroad companies operating railroads through the Territories of the United States over a right of way obtained under any grant or Act of Congress giving to said railroad companies the right of way over the public lands of the United States shall be required to establish and maintain passenger stations and freight depots at or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites established prior to August 8, 1894, in said Territories on the line of said railroads by authority of the Interior Department.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 941

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73