Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6018 – Use of passenger stations
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6018
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
- Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Whenever any railroad passenger station is erected or maintained in any city or town in this State, any railroad corporation having or using a track or passenger station within that city or town may run its passenger trains to and from the station, over any railroad track or tracks leading to the station, and use the same for the purpose of delivering and receiving through passengers, under such reasonable terms and regulations and over such tracks as may be agreed upon by the owner of the station, the railroad whose tracks are used in running to and from the same and the railroad corporation so desiring its use for that purpose and, in case of disagreement, upon petition, notice and hearing, the Department of Transportation shall fix and determine those terms, tracks and rules. No corporation which denies, in any proceedings, the authority of the Department of Transportation to proceed and make the determination, or which refuses to abide by its decision rendered in the proceedings, may avail itself of this section. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).