Title 2, Transportation

§ 1803. Railroad rights-of-way; acquisition by Department; notice of abandonment. In order to permit the state Department to receive notice of, and be afforded an opportunity to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, railroad rights-of-way proposed to be abandoned, sold or leased,…

§ 1804. Railroad crossings; construction and protection. (a) No public carrier engaged in the transportation of passengers or property shall, without prior order of the Department, construct its facilities across the facilities of any other such public utility or across any publi…

§ 1805. Right-of-way defined. As used in §§ 1803 to 1806 of this title, “right-of-way” means that roadbed of a line of railroad, not exceeding 100 feet in width, as measured horizontally at the elevation of the base of the rail, including the far embankment or excavated area, wit…

§ 1806. Contents of notice. Each notice, required to be served pursuant to § 1803 of this title, shall contain a brief description sufficient to identify the right-of-way intended to be abandoned and sold or otherwise disposed of, together with a statement that the notice is give…

§ 1807. Service of notice. Service of the said notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Secretary of the Department.59 Del. Laws, c. 365, § 1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 503, § 16; 69 Del. Laws, c. 435, § 38;

§ 1808. Regulation of ticket agents; penalties for violations. (a) Each agent who is authorized to sell tickets or other evidence entitling the holder to travel on any railroad, steamboat or public conveyance shall be provided with a certificate setting forth such agent’s authori…

§ 1809. Redemption of unused tickets. The owner or person operating any railroad, steamboat or other public conveyance shall provide for the redemption at such owner’s or operator’s general office of the whole or such parts of coupons of any ticket sold as the purchaser has not u…

§ 1810. Erection and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines by railroad. Every railroad corporation existing under the laws of this State may erect, establish and maintain telegraph or telephone lines for their own use, along and upon the lands and right-of-way of such rail…

§ 1811. Fences and cattle guards; liability for damages; trespass with animals; walking on tracks; penalties. Every railroad corporation shall erect and maintain fences on both sides of its road, of the height and strength of a fence required by law, with openings, gates or bars …

§ 1812. Liability of those damaging railroad property. Any person who wilfully impairs, injures, destroys or obstructs the use of any railroad enjoyed under this title or any of its necessary works, wharves, bridges, carriages, engines, cars, machines or other property shall forf…

§ 1813. Badges of railroad conductor, baggage master and brakeman. Every conductor, baggage master or brakeman, of any railroad corporation employed in a passenger train, shall wear upon his or her hat or cap a badge which shall indicate his or her office and the initial letters …

§ 1814. Railroad car brakes. No passenger train on any railroad shall be run without an air brake, or some equally effective appliance for controlling the speed of trains, which may be applied by the engineer to each car composing the train, and which shall at all times be kept i…

§ 1815. Penalties for violations of §§ 1813, 1814. Any corporation failing to comply with, violating or permitting any of its employees or agents to violate any of the provisions of §§ 1813, 1814 of this title shall, in addition to subjecting itself to any damage that may be caus…

§ 1816. Free passes and franks; transportation without fare. (a) This chapter shall in no wise be construed to prevent the issuance by any public carrier of free passes or franks to its employees, officers, agents and their families, and the interchange between public carriers of…

§ 1817. Transportation utilities; intra and interline connections; switch connections. The Department may, after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing, direct any railroad, street railway, traction company, charter bus or passenger line, to establish and maintain at any junct…

§ 1818. Public carriers operating buses; public liability insurance. The Department may prescribe by regulation or order, as to public carriers operating charter buses, such requirements as it deems necessary for the protection of persons or property of their patrons and the publ…

§ 1819. Appeal from Department’s order. (a) Any public carrier affected by any final order made by the Department, or any other original party to or any intervenor in the proceedings before the Department in which such order was entered and affected thereby, may appeal from such …

§ 1820. Stay pending appeal. The filing of an appeal from any order of the Department shall in no case supersede or stay the order of the Department, unless the Superior Court so directs, and the appellant may be required by the Court to give bond in such form and of such amount …

§ 1821. Liability for trashing railroad right-of-ways; penalty; jurisdiction. A person shall be guilty of an offense if the person throws, or causes to be thrown, any waste paper, sweepings, ashes, household waste, glass, metal, tires, refuse or rubbish, or any dangerous or detri…

§ 1822. Medical transportation by health-care facilities. Vehicles that are operated by: long-term care facilities, as defined in § 1102 of Title 16; hospitals as defined in § 1001 of Title 16; treatment facilities as defined in 2203 [repealed] of Title 16; providers who are qual…

§ 1823. Medical transportation by stretcher van. Stretcher vans, as defined in § 1801 of this title may provide nonemergency medical transportation services in accordance with a contract between the owner or operator of such stretcher van and a broker of nonemergency medical tran…