---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 236.787a"
title: "49"
number: "236.787a"
heading: "Railroad."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/236.787a"
---

# §236.787a. Railroad.


Railroad means any form of non-highway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways and any entity providing such transportation, including—

- (a) 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
- (b) High speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 11095, Mar. 7, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20157, 20301-20303, 20306, 20501-20505, 20701-20703, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19684, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 11095, Mar. 7, 2005]