Arkansas Code
Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally
§ 23-12-604. Duty to erect depot and stop passenger trains in cities and towns near state line — Exception — Penalty

(a) Any railroad company owning or operating a line of railway in this state, passing through any city or incorporated town within one-half (½) mile of the state boundary line of this state, shall erect and maintain a suitable depot therein and shall stop all its passenger trains at this station.
(b)
(1) Any railroad company which fails, refuses, or neglects to build a suitable depot within ninety (90) days or shall fail to stop all its passenger trains as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall forfeit and pay a sum of money not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), to be prosecuted in the name of the state by any citizen aggrieved or by the prosecuting attorney of the district. Each day's refusal or neglect shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) The sum when so recovered shall go to the school fund of the county in which the city or town is located.
(3) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed twenty percent (20%) of the amount so received for his or her services.

(c) This section shall not apply where there is a depot within three hundred feet (300') of the opposite side of the line at which all passenger trains stop.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries

Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers

Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads

Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally

§ 23-12-601. Trains to run on regular schedule — Accommodations for passengers — Damages for noncompliance

§ 23-12-602. Transfer of passengers, freight, and mail at crossings, intersections, etc. — Damages

§ 23-12-603. Department may require passenger trains to stop at all stations — Exception

§ 23-12-604. Duty to erect depot and stop passenger trains in cities and towns near state line — Exception — Penalty

§ 23-12-605. Union passengers or freight depots

§ 23-12-606. Stopping train within town limits upon petition — Facilities to be maintained — Enforcement — Damages — Penalty

§ 23-12-607. Petitions for establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service — Authority of department

§ 23-12-608. Establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service generally — Investigation of objects sought to be accomplished — Findings

§ 23-12-609. Establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service generally — Failure to comply with findings and mandate — Penalty

§ 23-12-610. Petitions to establish, reestablish, or enlarge service

§ 23-12-611. Discontinuance, dualization, or modification of agency station — Petitions to reestablish

§ 23-12-612. Abandonment of operations without authority — Stockholders to offer stock for sale — Penalty — Enforcement

§ 23-12-613. Receiver appointed upon attempt to abandon

§ 23-12-614. Posting information regarding National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline