(a) If safe to install, reasonably practicable, and justified by the volume of business, a railroad company, on the application of a shipper, shall construct, maintain, and operate on reasonable terms:
- (1) a switch connection or a connection with a lateral line of railroad or private sidetrack owned by the shipper; or
- (2) a sidetrack and switch connection for the shipper on property owned by the railroad company.
- (b) The Commission shall regulate installation, maintenance, and compensation under this section.
- (c) A railroad company may terminate connections that it provides under this section if the Commission determines that the required conditions are no longer satisfied.
Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.
Formerly Art. 78, § 38.