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49 C.F.R. Subpart A—General

Title 49 - Transportation

Title 49: Transportation
PART 228—HOURS OF SERVICE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

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Subpart A—General

§ 228.1   Scope.

This part—

(a) Prescribes reporting and record keeping requirements with respect to the hours of service of certain railroad employees; and

(b) Establishes standards and procedures concerning the construction or reconstruction of employee sleeping quarters.

[43 FR 31012, July 19, 1978]

§ 228.3   Application.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), this part applies to all railroads.

(b) This part does not apply to:

(1) A railroad that operates only on track inside an installation which is not part of the general railroad system of transportation; or

(2) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected with the general railroad system of transportation.

[54 FR 33229, Aug. 14, 1989]

§ 228.5   Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administrator or any person to whom he delegated authority in the matter concerned.

(b) Carrier, common carrier, and common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by railroad mean railroad as that term is defined below.

(c) Employee means an individual employed by the common carrier who (1) is actually engaged in or connected with the movement of any train, including a person who performs the duties of a hostler, (2) dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to train movements by the use of telegraph, telephone, radio, or any other electrical or mechanical device, or (3) is engaged in installing, repairing or maintaining signal systems.

(d) Railroad means all forms of non-highway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including (1) commuter or other short-haul rail passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area, and (2) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads. Such term does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.

[54 FR 33229, Aug. 14, 1989]

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