New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter VI - Transportation Regulations
Subchapter F - Railroad And Street Railroad Corporations
Article 2 - Safety
Part 919 - Private Rail Crossings Located In Intercity Rail Passenger Service Corridors
Section 919.1 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Commissioner. The Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation or the commissioner's designee.
(b) Department. The New York State Department of Transportation.
(c) Intercity rail passenger service. Any intercity rail passenger transportation operation where rail passenger trains operate on a regular scheduled basis.
(d) Intercity rail passenger service corridor. A continuous railroad route which contains one or more segments of railroad track(s) where intercity rail passenger service is in operation by the National Rail Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), or its successor.
(e) Public rail crossing. A crossing where a highway, roadway or similar facility which is owned or maintained by a government entity, either Federal, State or local, a public authority or a public agency, which crosses a railroad track(s), is open to the public, and has been designated as such by order of the commissioner or recognized as having been a public rail crossing prior to the year 1897.
(f) Private rail crossing. A crossing which traverses the track for use by a private party and its invitees as established through a deed or an agreement with the railroad or right-of-way owner.
(g) New private rail crossing. A rail crossing established through agreement by the railroad owning the rail line and land owners for access to their property where a rail crossing had not previously existed or where access was never established to the property in question.
(h) Railroad. A private or public railroad operating in New York State carrying either freight, passengers or both including, but not limited to, those operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and its subsidiaries, including the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) or operated by any other public authority or local government.
