§28501 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

Names key words used later. Board — the Surface Transportation Board. Capital work — major track projects treated as capital under GAAP. Commuter rail passenger transportation — see section 24102. Public transportation authority — a local government (see section 5302) that provides or contracts for commuter rail. Rail carrier — a non‑government company providing common‑carrier rail under the Board (chapter 105). Segregated fixed guideway facility — a guideway inside a rail right‑of‑way but physically separate from freight tracks. Trackage — a carrier’s rail lines and related tracks and facilities (spurs, yards, station tracks).

Title 49, §28501

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In this chapter—

(1)the term “Board” means the Surface Transportation Board;

(2)the term “capital work” means maintenance, restoration, reconstruction, capacity enhancement, or rehabilitation work on trackage that would be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as a capital item rather than an expense;

(3)the term “commuter rail passenger transportation” has the meaning given that term in section 24102;

(4)the term “public transportation authority” means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, commuter rail passenger transportation;

(5)the term “rail carrier” means a person, other than a governmental authority, providing common carrier railroad transportation for compensation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under chapter 105;

(6)the term “segregated fixed guideway facility” means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage, including relocated trackage, within the right-of-way used by a rail carrier for freight transportation purposes; and

(7)the term “trackage” means a railroad line of a rail carrier, including a spur, industrial, team, switching, side, yard, or station track, and a facility of a rail carrier.

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Amendments

2021—Par. (4). Pub. L. 117–58 substituted “section 5302” for “section 5302(a)(6)”.

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