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 junction or point of connection or intersection with any other line of such company, or with any line of any other railroad, street railway, traction company, charter bus, electric trackless trolley coach or passenger line, such just and reasonable connection as is necessary to promote the convenience of shippers of property, or of passengers, and in like manner may direct any railroad, street railway or traction company, engaged in carrying merchandise, to construct, maintain and operate upon reasonable terms a switch connection with any private sidetrack which may be constructed by any shipper to connect with the railroad, street railway or traction railway where, in the judgment of the Department, such connection is reasonable and practicable, and can be put in with safety, and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 1802. Regulation of public carriers [Effective until Apr. 14, 2023].
§ 1802. Regulation of public carriers [Effective Apr. 14, 2023].
§ 1802C. Taxicab medallion and limousine certification task force.
§ 1803. Railroad rights-of-way; acquisition by Department; notice of abandonment.
§ 1804. Railroad crossings; construction and protection.
§ 1808. Regulation of ticket agents; penalties for violations.
§ 1809. Redemption of unused tickets.
§ 1810. Erection and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines by railroad.
§ 1812. Liability of those damaging railroad property.
§ 1813. Badges of railroad conductor, baggage master and brakeman.
§ 1815. Penalties for violations of §§ 1813, 1814.
§ 1816. Free passes and franks; transportation without fare.
§ 1817. Transportation utilities; intra and interline connections; switch connections.
§ 1818. Public carriers operating buses; public liability insurance [Effective until Apr. 14, 2023].
§ 1818. Public carriers operating buses; public liability insurance [Effective Apr. 14, 2023].
§ 1819. Appeal from Department's order.
§ 1821. Liability for trashing railroad right-of-ways; penalty; jurisdiction.