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N.Y. TRA Law § 123

This is the official text of N.Y. TRA Law § 123, part of New York’s TRA Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "TRA Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Power of commissioner to order changes in time schedules; running of additional cars and trains

Official statutory text

§ 123. Power of commissioner to order changes in time schedules;\nrunning of additional cars and trains. If, in the judgment of the\ncommissioner, any railroad company or street railroad company does not\nrun trains enough or cars enough or possess or operate motive power\nenough, reasonably to accommodate the traffic, passenger and freight,\ntransported by or offered for transportation to it, or does not run its\ntrains or cars with sufficient frequency or at a reasonable or proper\ntime having regard to safety, or does not run any train or trains, car\nor cars, upon a reasonable time schedule for the run, the commissioner\nshall, after a hearing either on his own motion or after complaint, have\npower to make an order directing any such railroad company or street\nrailroad company to increase the number of its trains or of its cars or\nits motive power or to change the time for starting its trains or cars\nor to change the time schedule for the run of any train or car or make\nany other suitable order that the commissioner may determine reasonably\nnecessary to accommodate and transport the traffic, passenger or\nfreight, transported or offered for transportation.\n

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