49 CFR Part 234
PART 234—GRADE CROSSING SAFETY
- PART 234—GRADE CROSSING SAFETY
- Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation › Chapter II—Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
- Subpart A—General
- § 234.1 Scope.
- § 234.3 Application and responsibility for compliance.
- § 234.5 Definitions.
- § 234.6 Penalties.
- Subpart B—Reports and Plans
- § 234.7 Accidents involving grade crossing signal failure.
- § 234.9 Grade crossing signal system failure reports.
- § 234.11 State highway-rail grade crossing action plans.
- Subpart C—Response to Credible Reports of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- § 234.101 Employee notification rules.
- § 234.103 Timely response to report of malfunction.
- § 234.105 Activation failure.
- § 234.106 Partial activation.
- § 234.107 False activation.
- § 234.109 Recordkeeping.
- Subpart D—Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing
- Maintenance Standards
- § 234.201 Location of plans.
- § 234.203 Control circuits.
- § 234.205 Operating characteristics of warning system apparatus.
- § 234.207 Adjustment, repair, or replacement of component.
- § 234.209 Interference with normal functioning of system.
- § 234.211 Security of warning system apparatus.
- § 234.213 Grounds.
- § 234.215 Standby power system.
- § 234.217 Flashing light units.
- § 234.219 Gate arm lights and light cable.
- § 234.221 Lamp voltage.
- § 234.223 Gate arm.
- § 234.225 Activation of warning system.
- § 234.227 Train detection apparatus.
- § 234.229 Shunting sensitivity.
- § 234.231 Fouling wires.
- § 234.233 Rail joints.
- § 234.235 Insulated rail joints.
- § 234.237 Reverse switch cut-out circuit.
- § 234.239 Tagging of wires and interference of wires or tags with signal apparatus.
- § 234.241 Protection of insulated wire; splice in underground wire.
- § 234.243 Wire on pole line and aerial cable.
- § 234.245 Signs.
- Inspections and Tests
- § 234.247 Purpose of inspections and tests; removal from service of relay or device failing to meet test requirements.
- § 234.249 Ground tests.
- § 234.251 Standby power.
- § 234.253 Flashing light units and lamp voltage.
- § 234.255 Gate arm and gate mechanism.
- § 234.257 Warning system operation.
- § 234.259 Warning time.
- § 234.261 Highway traffic signal pre-emption.
- § 234.263 Relays.
- § 234.265 Timing relays and timing devices.
- § 234.267 Insulation resistance tests, wires in trunking and cables.
- § 234.269 Cut-out circuits.
- § 234.271 Insulated rail joints, bond wires, and track connections.
- § 234.273 Results of inspections and tests.
- Requirements for Processor-Based Systems
- § 234.275 Processor-based systems.
- Subpart E—Emergency Notification Systems for Telephonic Reporting of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings
- § 234.301 Definitions.
- § 234.303 Emergency notification systems for telephonic reporting of unsafe conditions at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings.
- § 234.305 Remedial actions in response to reports of unsafe conditions at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings.
- § 234.306 Multiple dispatching or maintaining railroads with respect to the same highway-rail or pathway grade crossing; appointment of responsible railroad.
- § 234.307 Use of third-party telephone service by dispatching and maintaining railroads.
- § 234.309 ENS signs in general.
- § 234.311 ENS sign placement and maintenance.
- § 234.313 Recordkeeping.
- § 234.315 Electronic recordkeeping.
- § 234.317 Compliance dates.
- Subpart F—Highway-Rail and Pathway Crossing Inventory Reporting
- § 234.401 Definitions.
- § 234.403 Submission of data to the Crossing Inventory, generally.
- § 234.405 Submission of initial data to the Crossing Inventory for previously unreported crossings.
- § 234.407 Submission of initial data to the Crossing Inventory for new crossings.
- § 234.409 Submission of periodic updates to the Crossing Inventory.
- § 234.411 Changes requiring submission of updated information to the Crossing Inventory.
- § 234.413 Recordkeeping.
- § 234.415 Electronic recordkeeping.
- Appendix A to Part 234 [Reserved]
- Appendix B to Part 234—Alternate Methods of Protection Under 49 CFR 234.105(c), 234.106, and 234.107(c)