---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 242.3"
title: "49"
number: "242.3"
heading: "Application and responsibility for compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/242.3"
---

# §242.3. Application and responsibility for compliance.

- (a) This part applies to all railroads, except:
  - (1) Railroads that operate only on track inside an installation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation (i.e., plant railroads, as defined in [§ 242.7](/cfr/49/242.7.md));
  - (2) Tourist, scenic, historic, or excursion operations that are not part of the general railroad system of transportation as defined in [§ 242.7](/cfr/49/242.7.md); or
  - (3) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
- (b) Although the duties imposed by this part are generally stated in terms of the duty of a railroad, each person, including a contractor for a railroad, who performs any function covered by this part, must perform that function in accordance with this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20135, 20138, 20162, 20163, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 69841, Nov. 9, 2011, unless otherwise noted.