ยง 55. Accommodation of connecting roads. Every railroad corporation
whose road, at or near the same place, connects with or is intersected
by two or more railroads competing for its business, shall fairly and
impartially afford to each of such connecting or intersecting roads
equal terms of accommodation, privileges and facilities in the
transportation of cars, passengers, baggage and freight over and upon
its roads and over and upon their roads, and equal facilities in the
interchange and use of passenger, baggage, freight and other cars
required to accommodate the business of each road, and in furnishing
passage tickets to passengers who may desire to make a continuous trip
over any part of its roads and either of such connecting roads. The
commissioner of transportation may, upon application of the corporation
owning or operating either of the connecting or intersecting roads, and
upon fourteen days' notice to the corporation owning or operating the
other road, prescribe such regulations as will secure, in its judgment,
the enjoyment of equal privileges, accommodations and facilities to such
connecting or intersecting roads as may be required to accommodate the
business of each road, and the terms and conditions upon which the same
shall be afforded to each road. The decision of the commissioner of
transportation shall be binding on the parties for two years, and the
supreme court shall have power to compel the performance thereof in an
action or special proceeding, by injunction or otherwise.
Structure New York Laws
Article 3 - Construction, Operation and Management
50 - Liability of Corporation to Employees of Contractor.
52 - Fences, Farm Crossings and Cattle-Guards.
52-A - Fences Along Road Operated by Electric Third Rail.
52-B - Fences Along Right of Way.
52-C - Fences in Queens County.
52-E - Penalties for Littering.
53 - Sign Boards, Flagmen and Gates at Crossings.
53-B - Ringing Bells and Blowing Whistles at Crossings.
53-C - Obstructing Farm and Highway Crossings.
53-D - Unlawful Propulsion of a Missile at Railroad Trains.
53-E - Unlawful Interference With a Railroad Train.
54 - Notice of Starting Trains; No Preferences.
55 - Accommodation of Connecting Roads.
56 - Locomotives Must Stop at Grade Crossings.
58 - Excess Charge When Fare Paid on Cars.
59 - Penalty for Excessive Fare.
60 - Issue and Use of Mileage Books.
61 - Passenger Refusing to Pay Fare May Be Ejected.
61-A - Sounding of Certain Signals on Railroad Cars by Unauthorized Persons.
62 - Sleeping and Parlor Cars.
63 - Persons Employed as Drivers, Conductors, Motormen or Gripmen.
65 - Conductors and Employees Must Wear Badges.
67 - Penalties for Injuries to Baggage.
68 - Unclaimed Freight and Baggage.
69 - Minimum Standards for Track Inspection and Maintenance.
70 - Rights and Liabilities as Common Carriers.
71-A - Reflective Whistle Signs.
72 - Inspection of Locomotives.
73 - Inspectors of Locomotives.
74 - Care of Steam Locomotives; Steam and Water Cocks; Penalty.
75 - Commissioner of Transportation May Approve Other Safeguards.
76 - Use of Stoves or Furnaces Prohibited; Exceptions.
76-A - Motor Cars and Equipment.
76-B - Equipment Required on Motor Vehicles Transporting Railroad Employees; Penalty.
77-A - First-Aid Equipment on Locomotives.
77-B - Speedometers on Certain Locomotives.
78 - Coal Jimmies and Caboose Cars.
78-A - Electric or Battery-Powered Markers.
81 - Violation of Sections Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Seven-C, Seventy-Eight, Seventy-Nine, and Eighty.
82 - Canada Thistles to Be Cut.
83 - Riding on Platform; Walking Along Track.
83-B - Trespass Upon Railroad Premises.
84 - Corporations May Establish Ferries.
85 - Certain Railroads May Cease Operation in Winter.
86 - Certain Railroads Need Not Be Operated Beyond June, July, August and September.
88 - When Railroads May Designate Police Officers.
89 - New Railroads Across Streets.
90 - New Streets Across Railroads.
91 - Alteration or Rehabilitation of Existing Crossing.
92 - Acquisition of Land, Right or Easement in Crossing.
93 - Repair of Bridges and Subways at Crossings.
93-A - Maintenance and Removal of Highway-Railroad Crossing at Grade.
93-B - Maintenance and Removal of Highway-Railroad Separation Structures.
94 - Performance of Work; Division of Expenses; Accounting; Claims for Damages; Valuation.
95 - Proceedings by Commissioner of Transportation for Alteration of Existing Crossings.
96 - Proceedings to Enforce Orders of Commissioner of Transportation.
97 - Intercity Rail Passenger Service.
98 - Intersection of Railroads.
99 - Application of Foregoing Section.
100 - Temporary Leave Granted by Court to a Street Surface Railroad; Bond.
101 - Consent of Commissioner of Transportation in Certain Cases.
104 - Compliance With Orders of Commissioner of Transportation.
108 - Approval of Appliances in Cities Having a Population of One Million Inhabitants or Over.