N.Y. Railroad Law § 54: Notice of starting trains; no preferences

§ 54. Notice of starting trains; no preferences. Every railroad

corporation shall start and run its cars for the transportation of

passengers and property at regular times, to be fixed by public notice,

and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of

all passengers and property which shall be offered for transportation at

the place of starting, within a reasonable time previously thereto, and

at the junctions of other railroads, and at the usual stopping places

established for receiving and discharging way passengers and freight for

that train; and shall take, transport and discharge such passengers and

property at, from and to such places, on the due payment of the fare or

freight legally authorized therefor. No station established by any

railroad corporation for the reception or delivery of passengers or

property, or both, shall be discontinued without the consent of the

commissioner of transportation first had and obtained. No preference for

the transaction of the business of a common carrier upon its cars, or in

its depots or buildings, or upon its grounds, shall be granted by any

railroad corporation to any one of two or more persons, associations or

corporations competing in the same business, or in the business of

transporting property for themselves or others. Any such station in an

incorporated village shall have the same name as the village; if any

road shall have more than one such station in any such village the

station nearest the geographical center thereof shall have such name.

Names of stations may be changed on the petition of any person

interested with the consent of the commissioner of transportation. If

the name of any station has been heretofore changed by the railroad

company, the commissioner of transportation may restore the name changed

or make such change therein as the circumstances require.