49 CFR 236.825
§ 236.825 System, automatic train control.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 236.825, § 236.825 System, automatic train control, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/259232
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A system so arranged that its operation will automatically result in the following:
(a) A full service application of the brakes which will continue either until the train is brought to a stop, or, under control of the engineman, its speed is reduced to a predetermined rate.
(b) When operating under a speed restriction, an application of the brakes when the speed of the train exceeds the predetermined rate and which will continue until the speed is reduced to that rate.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.