---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 218.1"
title: "20"
number: "218.1"
heading: "Introduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/218.1"
---

# §218.1. Introduction.


This part tells when a person's entitlement to a monthly railroad retirement annuity begins and ends. Ordinarily, an annuity begins on the earliest date permitted under the Railroad Retirement Act (Act). This part also tells when and how a person may select a later beginning date. Included is an explanation of how work and certain types of special payments affect the beginning date of an employee or spouse annuity.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted.