N.Y. Railroad Law § 181: Rate of fare

§ 181. Rate of fare. No corporation constructing and operating a

railroad under the provisions of this article, or of chapter two hundred

and fifty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, shall

charge any passenger more than five cents for one continuous ride from

any point on its road, or on any road, line or branch operated by it, or

under its control, to any other point thereof, or any connecting branch

thereof, within the limits of any incorporated city or village. Not more

than one fare shall be charged within the limits of any such city or

village, for passage over the main line of road and any branch or

extention thereof if the right to construct such branch or extension

shall have been acquired under the provisions of such chapter or of this

article; except that in any city having a population of less than fifty

thousand, or in any incorporated village, it shall be lawful for such

corporation to charge and collect as a maximum rate of fare for each

passenger, ten cents, where such passenger is carried in a car which

overcomes an elevation of at least four hundred and fifty feet within a

distance of one and a half miles. This section shall not apply to any

part of any road constructed prior to May sixth, eighteen hundred and

eighty-four, and then in operation, unless the corporation owning the

same shall have acquired the right to extend such road, or to construct

branches thereof under such chapter, or shall acquire such right under

the provisions of this article, in which event its rate of fare shall

not exceed its authorized rate prior to such extension. The legislature

expressly reserves the right to regulate and reduce the rate of fare on

any railroad constructed and operated wholly or in part under such

chapter or under the provisions of this article; and the commissioner of

transportation shall possess the same power, to be exercised as

prescribed in the transportation law.