---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 241.3"
title: "49"
number: "241.3"
heading: "Application and responsibility for compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/241.3"
---

# §241.3. Application and responsibility for compliance.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, this part applies to all railroads.
- (b) **This part does not apply to—**
  - (1) A railroad that operates only on track inside an installation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation; or
  - (2) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
- (c) Although the duties imposed by this part are generally stated in terms of a duty of a railroad, each person, including a contractor for a railroad, who performs a function covered by this part, shall perform that function in accordance with this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.