49 U.S.C. § 20102
Section 20102 · Definitions
Viewing 49 U.S.C. § 20102 as in effect on July 5, 1994. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent October 16, 2008).
View current version →In this part—
(1) “railroad”—
(A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including—
(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but
(B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
(2) “railroad carrier” means a person providing railroad transportation.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Clause (1) is substituted for the source provisions to avoid repeating the definition of “railroad” in each chapter in this part.
Clause (2) is added to distinguish between railroad transportation and the entity providing railroad transportation.