No company shall abandon any station on its railroad, after the same has been established for one year, except with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, given after a public hearing, notice of which shall be posted conspicuously in such station for one month previous to the hearing. The commissioner, upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five affected persons, shall hold his hearing at such station.
(1949 Rev., S. 5521; 1961, P.A. 35; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)
History: 1961 act removed requirement that hearing be held at station except on petition of not fewer than twenty-five affected persons; P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” and “authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority” and “commissioner” for “authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-136 transferred to Sec. 13b-309.
Annotations to former section 16-136:
Place where trains stopped for passengers and mail, but where no tickets were sold, held to be a station. 37 C. 153. Commissioners' order for discontinuing station held void because conditional. 41 C. 356. Order for discontinuing old station on erection of new valid. 42 C. 56; 104 U.S. 1. Statute requiring trains to stop at a given station upheld. 43 C. 351. Law is valid. 104 U.S. 1.