Title 13b — Title 13b: Transportation

Sec. 13b-275. (Formerly Sec. 16-103). Petition for elimination of dangerous condition at crossings. Hearing. Any public service company or companies whose tracks cross over, under or upon a state highway or any other main highway leading from one town to another, the municipality…

Sec. 13b-276. (Formerly Sec. 16-104). Elimination of dangerous condition. The Commissioner of Transportation, if he finds that a dangerous condition exists at such crossing, except a dangerous condition arising out of improper or inadequate maintenance, shall issue such order to …

Sec. 13b-277. (Formerly Sec. 16-105). Appeal. Any public service company or municipality may appeal from any order of the Commissioner of Transportation issued under the provisions of sections 13b-275 and 13b-276 as provided in section 4-183. (1949 Rev., S. 2253; 1969, P.A. 768, …

Sec. 13b-278. (Formerly Sec. 16-106). Not to affect other provisions concerning removal of grade crossings. The provisions of sections 13b-275, 13b-276 and 13b-277 shall not be construed to affect the provisions of any other statute concerning the removal of grade crossings. (194…

Sec. 13b-279. (Formerly Sec. 16-107). Highway crossed by more than one railroad. When the Commissioner of Transportation, upon an application brought under the provisions of section 13b-270, finds that any highway crosses or is crossed by the tracks of more than one railroad, and…

Sec. 13b-280. (Formerly Sec. 16-108). Assessment of damages. If the party by whom such changes in the highway are to be made cannot agree with the owner of land or other property to be taken or removed under such decision of the Commissioner of Transportation, the damages shall b…

Sec. 13b-281. (Formerly Sec. 16-109). Obstruction of view adjoining grade crossing. If the view of that portion of the tracks of any railroad, crossing a highway at grade, which adjoins such crossing, is obstructed by trees, shrubbery or embankments of earth, the Commissioner of …

Sec. 13b-282. (Formerly Sec. 16-110). Change in location of highways crossed by a railroad. When any highway passes over or under a railroad, if the convenience and necessity of the public require a change in such highway, the town, city or borough in which such highway is locate…

Sec. 13b-283. (Formerly Sec. 16-111). Repair of structures over or under railroad tracks. Apportionment of costs of repair or replacement. Elimination of highway-railroad grade crossings. Acquisition of land or rights to land. Order to utility re facilities. Agreement for mainten…

Sec. 13b-284. (Formerly Sec. 16-112). Reimbursement of towns and cities. The amount assessed by any order of the Commissioner of Transportation, or the Superior Court upon appeal therefrom, against any town or city in this state, for the removal of a grade crossing in a highway w…

Sec. 13b-285. (Formerly Sec. 16-113). Change of highway near railroad; petitions by municipality. When a railroad has been laid out, located or constructed so near a highway as, in the opinion of the selectmen of any town, the mayor of any city or the warden of any borough within…

Sec. 13b-286. (Formerly Sec. 16-114). Change of highway; petition by railroad. Section 13b-286 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5499; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 13b-287. (Formerly Sec. 16-115). Land may be taken for changed location of highway. Whenever the Commissioner of Transportation orders a change in the location of a highway under the provisions of section 13b-285 and the parties ordered by the commissioner to do the work can…

Sec. 13b-288. (Formerly Sec. 16-116). Statutes made part of charters. The provisions of sections 13b-248, 13b-249, 13b-250, 13b-253, 13b-263, 13b-265, 13b-285 and 13b-289 shall be deemed a part of the charter of every company authorized to construct, own or operate any railroad w…

Sec. 13b-289. (Formerly Sec. 16-117). Easements and private crossings may be condemned. The owner of any private crossing at grade of the tracks of a railroad company, or of any right, title, interest, easement or privilege in land used by a company for railroad purposes, or any …

Sec. 13b-290. (Formerly Sec. 16-118). Highway crossing discontinued. When the use of a highway crossing over a railroad has been abandoned for fifteen years, such crossing shall be deemed discontinued. (1949 Rev., S. 5503.) History: In 1981 Sec. 16-118 transferred to Sec. 13b-290…

Sec. 13b-291. (Formerly Sec. 16-119). Private crossing to be restored. When a private crossing has been removed by a railroad company without the consent of the owner or owners, the company from whose tracks such crossing has been removed shall restore the same in good order upon…

Sec. 13b-292. (Formerly Sec. 16-119a). Private crossings; protection requirements. (a) For the purposes of this section, “private crossing” means any private way, private drive or any facility other than a public highway for the use of pedestrians, motor vehicles or other types o…

Sec. 13b-292a. Private rail crossing providing highway access to single-family dwellings. Owner responsibilities. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any decision of a prior administrative proceeding, any private at-grade rail crossing that has provided highw…

Sec. 13b-293. (Formerly Sec. 16-120). Maintenance of changed highway. When the Commissioner of Transportation, in accepting the layout of any railroad company, has in such acceptance provided that portions of such railroad shall not be constructed until certain highways have been…

Sec. 13b-294. (Formerly Sec. 16-121). Guards for rails at crossings. When any railroad is crossed by a highway at the same level, the company operating such railroad shall, at its own expense, so guard its rails by plank or otherwise as to secure a safe and easy passage across it…

Sec. 13b-295. (Formerly Sec. 16-122). Overhead bridge guards. Penalty. Each railroad company shall, if required by the Commissioner of Transportation, erect and thereafter maintain suitable bridge guards at each bridge over its railroad when the overhead structure is less than ei…

Sec. 13b-296. (Formerly Sec. 16-123). Guard rails on bridges. Penalty. When the Commissioner of Transportation deems it necessary for the safety of persons traveling upon any railroad in this state that guard rails or any other appliances to secure safety should be placed upon an…

Sec. 13b-297. (Formerly Sec. 16-124). Footways on railroad bridges. When, in the opinion of the selectmen of any town or of the common council of any city, a footway upon the line of any railroad bridge or causeway within the limits of such town or city would be of public conveni…

Sec. 13b-298. (Formerly Sec. 16-125). Cattle guards. Each railroad company shall construct suitable cattle guards and fences at all railroad crossings of passways or highways to prevent cattle from passing upon its railroad, except when the Commissioner of Transportation deems it…

Sec. 13b-299. (Formerly Sec. 16-126). Fences. Each company shall erect and maintain fences, on the sides of the railroads operated by it, at such places and within such times as the Commissioner of Transportation directs. (1949 Rev., S. 5511; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S…

Sec. 13b-300. (Formerly Sec. 16-127). Order for fencing. The Commissioner of Transportation shall make a special investigation as to the condition of the fences on the line of any railroad, when so requested in writing, and, if the commissioner deems it necessary, shall issue an …

Sec. 13b-301. (Formerly Sec. 16-128). Penalty. Damage. If any railroad company neglects to comply with any such order, it shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars for each month of such neglect. Any person who, without neglect on his part, suffers damage by reason of the ne…

Sec. 13b-302. (Formerly Sec. 16-129). When adjoining owner neglects duty to erect or maintain fence. When it is the duty of the owner of land adjoining any railroad to erect or maintain a fence between such land and such railroad and such owner has neglected to erect or maintain …

Sec. 13b-303. (Formerly Sec. 16-130). Fences affected by contract. When by contract neither the owner of such land nor the railroad company can oblige the other to erect or maintain the fence, or such owner or his grantor has agreed not to require the railroad company to erect or…

Sec. 13b-304. (Formerly Sec. 16-131). Roads operated by trustees. When any railroad is operated by a trustee or receiver, the duties and liabilities imposed and the rights conferred by sections 13b-299 to 13b-303, inclusive, upon companies are imposed and conferred upon such trus…

Sec. 13b-305. (Formerly Sec. 16-132). Complaint by state's attorney for neglect of highway. Section 13b-305 is repealed, effective October 1, 2019. (1949 Rev., S. 5517; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 19-132, S. 8.)

Sec. 13b-306. (Formerly Sec. 16-133). Property needed for changing road or bridge. Section 13b-306 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1949 Rev., S. 5518; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39.)

Sec. 13b-307. (Formerly Sec. 16-134). Change of location of canals or watercourses. Section 13b-307 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5519; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39; P.A. 01-105, S. 21; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 13b-308. (Formerly Sec. 16-135). Commercial sidetracks or branch line tracks at grade. The Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of the selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council of any city or the warden and burgesses of any borough, may mak…

Sec. 13b-309. (Formerly Sec. 16-136). Abandonment of station. No company shall abandon any station on its railroad, after the same has been established for one year, except with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, given after a public hearing, notice of which shal…

Sec. 13b-310. (Formerly Sec. 16-137). Change of station when line is moved. Whenever any company changes the location of the track of any railroad owned or leased by such company, for the purpose of improving the line of the railroad, and desires to abandon the former line and th…

Sec. 13b-311. (Formerly Sec. 16-138). Rebuilding or repairing of station. Whenever any freight or passenger station on any railroad is destroyed or rendered unfit for use, the company owning such station shall rebuild or repair the same within a reasonable time unless excused by …

Sec. 13b-312. Owner of station to comply with structural guidelines and standards. Any person, firm or corporation owning a railroad station in use as such in this state shall comply with all structural guidelines and standards for railroad stations, established by the Department…

Sec. 13b-313. (Formerly Sec. 16-139). Petition to stop trains. Section 13b-313 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5524; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 13b-314. (Formerly Sec. 16-139a). Maintenance of station by municipality. Any town, city or borough may, by ordinance, provide for the maintenance of any railroad passenger station building and grounds within its limits, or may do so indirectly, by paying the railroad to do …

Sec. 13b-315. Enforcement of statutory provisions and orders of commissioner. On application of the Commissioner of Transportation or of the Attorney General, the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford may enforce, by appropriate decree or process, any provision of …

Secs. 13b-316 to 13b-323. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 13b-324. (Formerly Sec. 16-140). Compliance with orders re operation of trains. Accident notification requirements. (a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall investigate the operating and manning of passenger and freight trains and make such orders, regulations or recomme…

Sec. 13b-325. (Formerly Sec. 16-141). Operation of motor buses. Any railroad company operating a railroad in the state may apply to the Department of Transportation for certificates of public convenience and necessity pursuant to the provisions of chapter 244 and, subject to the …

Secs. 13b-326 to 13b-328. (Formerly Secs. 16-142 to 16-144). Operation: Of gasoline cars; by electricity; of aircraft. Sections 13b-326 to 13b-328, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5527–5529; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; S.A. …

Sec. 13b-329. (Formerly Sec. 16-145). Audible signals; distance from grade crossing when sounding is to commence; maximum decibel level regulations. (a) Each engine used upon a railroad shall be supplied with an audible signal of sufficient amplification for existing circumstance…

Sec. 13b-330. (Formerly Sec. 16-146). Warning device on gasoline motor car. Any railroad company operating a gasoline motor car upon its railroad shall use on such car such device or devices, for giving warning of the approach of such car to crossings of such railroad by highways…

Sec. 13b-331. (Formerly Sec. 16-147). Engineers to have copies of law and be sworn. No company shall permit any person to drive an engine upon a railroad operated by it, unless he has first received a printed copy of section 13b-329 and of this section and has made oath that he w…

Sec. 13b-332. (Formerly Sec. 16-148). Assistant engineer or fireman may signal. Each engineer in charge of an engine may direct and authorize any fireman or assistant engineer, who is under his authority at the time, to perform the duties imposed upon him as such engineer by sect…