Chapter 160

Section 18. The directors shall prepare a map of the route on an appropriate scale, with a profile thereof on a vertical scale of ten to one as compared with the horizontal scale, and shall procure the report of a competent engineer, based on actual examination and survey, showin…

Section 180. No person shall act as a conductor on a railroad train unless he has been employed as a brakeman for two years, or was employed as a conductor on a railroad train before June tenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

Section 181. No person shall knowingly engage, promote, require, persuade, prevail upon, or cause any person to act in violation of either of the two preceding sections.

Section 182. The three preceding sections shall not apply to the operating of locomotive engines by engine hostlers in or around engine houses, or to any railroad other than a standard gauge railroad. In the event of the disability of an engineer or conductor on the road, railroa…

Section 183. Any violation of any provision of the four preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offence.

Section 184. Every person employed as signalman, towerman, leverman, agent, train dispatcher, telegrapher or telephone operator in a railroad signal tower or railroad station, and every other person employed by a railroad in the operating of trains by the use of the telegraph, te…

Section 185. Whenever the department is of opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that the number of men forming a train crew of any train is not sufficient to operate said train for the safety of the public and the employees of the railroad, it shall…

Section 186. A railroad corporation may establish for its sole benefit fares, tolls and charges upon all passengers and property conveyed or transported on its railroad, at such rates as may be determined by its directors, and may from time to time by its directors regulate the u…

Section 187. A railroad corporation may make contracts for the conveyance of passengers upon designated trains for a specific distance at fixed times, at such reduced rates of fare as the parties may agree upon. Tickets may be issued for such passengers, upon which shall be plain…

Section 188. A railroad corporation shall not demand or receive for any single ticket bought or fare paid on a train or elsewhere than at its ticket offices more than ten cents in excess of the tariff rates charged at its ticket offices. When such excess is received, the conducto…

Section 189. Every railroad corporation issuing mileage tickets shall, upon presentation of such a ticket by a passenger, detach therefrom one coupon and no more for each mile and fraction thereof actually traveled; provided, that for distances less than three miles three coupons…

Section 19. The directors shall submit said map and report to the board of aldermen of every city and to the selectmen of every town named in the agreement of association, who shall thereupon appoint a time and place for a hearing, of which notice shall be given by publication in…

Section 190. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston, except the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company, shall sell a commutation ticket good for not more than twelve rides between Boston and each station on its lines within fifteen miles of its terminal st…

Section 191. All railroads issuing season tickets between points within the commonwealth shall, at the request and on the presentation of a season ticket by the holder thereof, place the same on deposit for not less than one week and reissue the ticket at the request of the owner…

Section 192. All railroads issuing season tickets between points within the commonwealth shall, at the request of a holder of a season ticket, reimburse said holder for the cost of the fares paid by said holder between the stations named on the ticket whenever said holder fails t…

Section 193. Every railroad corporation shall sell to an express messenger or to a person conducting a local express business, as provided in section two hundred and six, in its trains or cars within the commonwealth, a season ticket for his personal transportation, at a price no…

Section 194. Every railroad corporation shall, upon request, give checks to passengers for their baggage when delivered for transportation, and shall re-deliver the baggage to the passengers upon the surrender of such checks. A corporation violating this section shall forfeit ten…

Section 195. No charge shall be made by railroad corporations for the care or storage of baggage left at or arriving in railroad stations upon Friday, for the period of time between Friday and twelve o'clock noon of the following Monday.

Section 196. A railroad corporation which owns or operates a railroad of standard gauge shall check and transport between stations within the limits of the commonwealth, as baggage, and subject to the same charges, terms and liabilities as other baggage, one bicycle for each pass…

Section 197. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston shall, upon the application of two hundred or more persons therefor, furnish on each week day a morning train in and an evening train out for distances not exceeding fifteen miles, or suitable cars attached to ot…

Section 198. Every railroad corporation having a terminus in Boston shall furnish such number of workingmen's trains, not less than two each way, as the department, upon a petition for such trains filed with it, shall in each case order. Such trains shall arrive at Boston between…

Section 198A. Whoever, except a person authorized so to do by the railroad corporation issuing the same, or a bona fide passenger in actual transit, sells or offers for sale any railroad ticket or portion of such a ticket entitling the holder or any specified person or persons to…

Section 198B. Whoever shall engage in the business of purchasing, selling or re-selling railroad tickets, railroad ticket coupons or other evidences of a right to ride on a railroad, or parts of such tickets, coupons or other evidences, or shall purchase, sell, re-sell, barter, o…

Section 199. Any person who, being governor, lieutenant governor, member of the council, member or member-elect of the general court, justice of the supreme judicial court, justice of the superior court, judge of probate, justice of a district court or a county commissioner, who …

Section 2. The duties imposed by this chapter upon county commissioners as a tribunal of original jurisdiction relative to the fixing of routes or to the location, construction, maintenance and operation of railroads shall, in Boston, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, de…

Section 20. If the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town named in the agreement of association, after such notice, exhibition of the map and the hearing, agree with the directors as to the said route or as to any route of the railroad in said city or town, they s…

Section 200. Railroad corporations may issue passes for free transportation to former employees who have been injured in the service of the corporation issuing the pass. The pass shall state the nature of the injury, shall not be transferable, and shall be forfeited if used, or a…

Section 201. Every railroad corporation shall, upon request of the postmaster general or of an authorized agent of the post office department, carry the mails at such times and upon such trains as may be desired by him upon the terms provided in the two following sections.

Section 202. A corporation which cannot agree with the postmaster general or other proper officer of the United States as to the compensation to be paid for such transportation may notify the postmaster general of its unwillingness to carry the mails upon the terms proposed; and …

Section 203. Upon application to said court by either party to such proceedings at any time after the expiration of two years from the confirmation of such award, the matter may be reopened, and the same or other commissioners shall rehear the parties, and the award of said commi…

Section 204. A railroad corporation shall, upon request, without additional charge, give a receipt describing articles, packages or commodities not extra hazardous delivered to it for transportation. A corporation which refuses to give such receipt shall forfeit fifty dollars to …

Section 205. Every railroad corporation shall, subject to the provisions of section two hundred and eleven, give to all persons reasonable and equal terms, facilities and accommodations for the transportation upon its railroad of themselves, their agents and servants, and of thei…

Section 206. The preceding section shall apply to all persons engaged only in a local express business for the forwarding of express matter between points within the commonwealth in the trains or cars of any railroad corporation, and to persons desiring to engage therein who obta…

Section 207. Every railroad corporation shall promptly forward merchandise consigned to or directed to be sent over another railroad connecting with its railroad, according to the directions contained thereon or accompanying the same, and shall not receive and forward over its ra…

Section 208. A railroad corporation shall not charge or receive for the transportation of freight to any station on its railroad a greater amount than is at the time charged or received for the transportation of the like class and quantity of freight from the same original point …

Section 209. A railroad corporation violating any provision of the four preceding sections, in addition to liability for all damages sustained by reason of such violation, shall forfeit two hundred dollars, to be recovered in tort to his own use by the party aggrieved, or to the …

Section 21. If they fail so to agree, the directors may petition the department to fix the route in said city or town; and the department, after notice to said board of aldermen or selectmen, shall hear the parties, and fix the route in such city or town, and make a certificate s…

Section 210. A railroad corporation shall not, at any time, charge, demand or receive a greater sum for transportation by it of freight from any point of origin, for the same distances and under like conditions, on any lines operated by it or in connection with it, to the port of…

Section 211. A railroad corporation shall not in its charges for the transportation of freight or in the conduct of its freight business, make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favor of any person, nor subject any person to any undue or unreasonab…

Section 212. A railroad corporation shall not receive, forward or deliver milk in large quantities over any portion of its line, or permit others so to do, under contract, lease or hiring of cars or otherwise, without at the same time providing, as regards time, care and preserva…

Section 213. Upon the petition of one or more persons who desire to forward milk by the can over any railroad or any portion thereof, the department, after notice to the railroad corporation and a hearing, shall ascertain and compare the tariff established as aforesaid for milk b…

Section 214. A railroad corporation which refuses or neglects to receive, forward or deliver milk by the can over its railroad or any portion thereof at the tariff rate therefor, as provided in the preceding section, shall forfeit to the person tendering the same five dollars for…

Section 215. On application of any railroad corporation, authorized by a vote of two thirds of the shares present and voting at a meeting called therefor, the department may, after public notice and a hearing, authorize such corporation to change its name.

Section 216. A certified copy of such authorization and a certificate of the vote of the corporation, signed and sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority of the directors, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary. The department shall require public notice t…

Section 217. A railroad corporation shall have the same rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities, under its new name as before its name was changed, and may sue and be sued by its new name; but any action brought against it by …

Section 218. Whoever knowingly, without right is present, stands, walks, or rides a bicycle, snow vehicle, recreational or other vehicle on the right-of-way, bridge, or other property of, or used or controlled by any railroad corporation, except at a highway or other authorized g…

Section 219. Whoever without right loiters or remains within a station house of a railroad corporation, or of the Boston Terminal Corporation, or upon the platform or grounds adjacent to such station, after being requested to leave the same by a police officer or by a railroad po…

Section 22. The route fixed under the two preceding sections may include such spurs, branches and connecting and terminal tracks in any city or town as may be necessary to enable the corporation conveniently to collect and deliver passengers and freight therein; but no such branc…

Section 220. Whoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, other conveyance or passenger train upon a railroad or upon the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail other than as a fare paying…

Section 221. Except in Suffolk county, the fees and expenses of officers in the apprehension, trial or commitment of a person arrested or tried for violation of the preceding section shall be paid by the county where the offence was committed.