STATE OF NEW YORK
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 30, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the railroad law and the transportation law, in relation
to requiring train operators to completely stop trains prior to enter-
ing stations located within a city of over one million inhabitants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The railroad law is amended by adding a new section 56-a to
2 read as follows:
3 § 56-a. Trains must stop prior to entering stations in cities of over
4 one million inhabitants. Operators of all trains operating to and from
5 stations within cities of over one million inhabitants on tracks over
6 which there are regularly scheduled passenger movements shall be
7 required to bring the train to a complete stop prior to entering each
8 station, whereupon the operator shall make a visual assessment of the
9 forthcoming rails to ensure no persons are present on the rails. Only
10 after making such a visual assessment that the rails at each station are
11 clear can the operator propel the train forward into the station at a
12 maximum speed of five miles per hour.
13 § 2. Section 406 of the transportation law, as amended by chapter 505
14 of the laws of 2011, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as
15 follows:
16 4. In compliance with section fifty-six-a of the railroad law, the New
17 York city transit authority track safety task force shall modify the
18 on-track safety program to require operators of all trains operating to
19 and from stations located within New York city on tracks over which
20 there are regularly scheduled passenger movements to bring the train to
21 a complete stop prior to entering each station, whereupon the operator
22 shall make a visual assessment of the forthcoming rails to ensure no
23 persons are present on the rails. Only after making such a visual
24 assessment that the rails at each station are clear can the operator
25 propel the train into the station at a maximum speed of five miles per
26 hour.
27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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