49 CFR § 218.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s218.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 218.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "218.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131, 20138, 20144, 20168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.1 Purpose.

This part prescribes minimum requirements for railroad operating rules and practices. Each railroad may prescribe additional or more stringent requirements in its operating rules, timetables, timetable special instructions, and other special instructions.