[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR239.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 239_PASSENGER TRAIN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  239.1  Purpose and scope.





    (a) The purpose of this part is to reduce the magnitude and severity 

of casualties in railroad operations by ensuring that railroads involved 

in passenger train operations can effectively and efficiently manage 

passenger train emergencies.

    (b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the 

preparation, adoption, and implementation of emergency preparedness 

plans by railroads connected with the operation of passenger trains, and 

requires each affected railroad to instruct its employees on the 

provisions of its plan. This part does not restrict railroads from 

adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not 

inconsistent with this part.