N.Y. Railroad Law § 55: Accommodation of connecting roads

§ 55. Accommodation of connecting roads. Every railroad corporation

whose road, at or near the same place, connects with or is intersected

by two or more railroads competing for its business, shall fairly and

impartially afford to each of such connecting or intersecting roads

equal terms of accommodation, privileges and facilities in the

transportation of cars, passengers, baggage and freight over and upon

its roads and over and upon their roads, and equal facilities in the

interchange and use of passenger, baggage, freight and other cars

required to accommodate the business of each road, and in furnishing

passage tickets to passengers who may desire to make a continuous trip

over any part of its roads and either of such connecting roads. The

commissioner of transportation may, upon application of the corporation

owning or operating either of the connecting or intersecting roads, and

upon fourteen days' notice to the corporation owning or operating the

other road, prescribe such regulations as will secure, in its judgment,

the enjoyment of equal privileges, accommodations and facilities to such

connecting or intersecting roads as may be required to accommodate the

business of each road, and the terms and conditions upon which the same

shall be afforded to each road. The decision of the commissioner of

transportation shall be binding on the parties for two years, and the

supreme court shall have power to compel the performance thereof in an

action or special proceeding, by injunction or otherwise.