---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 217.3"
title: "49"
number: "217.3"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/217.3"
---

# §217.3. Application.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, this part applies to railroads that operate trains or other rolling equipment on standard gage track which is part of the general railroad system of transportation.
- (b) **This part does not apply to—**
  - (1) A railroad that operates only on track inside an installation which is not part of the general railroad system of transportation; or
  - (2) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected with the general railroad system of transportation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 2690, Jan. 15, 1975, as amended at 54 FR 33229, Aug. 14, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20168, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 41176, Nov. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 2690, Jan. 15, 1975, as amended at 54 FR 33229, Aug. 14, 1989]