49 CFR § 238.401 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s238.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 238.401 - Scope."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "238.401"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "238"
part_name: "PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS"
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, 20133, 20141, 20302-20303, 20306, 20701-20702, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 25660, May 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "238"
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# 238.401 Scope.

This subpart contains specific requirements for railroad passenger equipment operating at speeds exceeding 125 mph but not exceeding 160 mph. The requirements of this subpart apply beginning on September 9, 1999. As stated in § 238.433(b), all such passenger equipment remains subject to the requirements concerning couplers and uncoupling devices contained in Federal statute at 49 U.S.C. chapter 203 and in FRA regulations at part 231 and § 232.2 of this chapter.

[64 FR 25660, May 12, 1999, as amended at 83 FR 59219, Nov. 21, 2018]