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[CITE: 49USC10703]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                              PART A--RAIL
 
                           CHAPTER 107--RATES
 
                     SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 10703. Authority for rail carriers to establish through 
        routes
        
    Rail carriers providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction 
of the Board under this part shall establish through routes (including 
physical connections) with each other and with water carriers providing 
transportation subject to chapter 137, shall establish rates and 
classifications applicable to those routes, and shall establish rules 
for their operation and provide--
        (1) reasonable facilities for operating the through route; and
        (2) reasonable compensation to persons entitled to compensation 
    for services related to the through route.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
810.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 10703, Pub. L. 95-473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1372; 
Pub. L. 96-296, Sec. 22(a), (h), July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 812, 814; Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec. 5(g)(5), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2443; Pub. L. 98-216, 
Sec. 2(11), Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 99-521, Sec. 7(a), Oct. 
22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2994; Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(m)(21), July 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 1377, related to authority for carriers to establish through 
routes, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104-
88, Sec. 102(a). See sections 10703 and 13705 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 10705 of this title.
