---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.1"
title: "49"
number: "218.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.1"
---

# §218.1. Purpose.


This part prescribes minimum requirements for railroad operating rules and practices. Each railroad may prescribe additional or more stringent requirements in its operating rules, timetables, timetable special instructions, and other special instructions.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131, 20138, 20144, 20168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.