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Hawaii Railroad State Laws and Regulations

Crossing Treatment Procedures

State Laws and Regulations

  • 273-2. Granting public lands, etc.

The department of land and natural resources, with the consent of the governor, may grant a right-of-way, not greater than forty feet in width, through all public lands, to any corporation as aforesaid for the purpose of building the railroad or railroads. With like consent and approval, the department may grant the use of such public lands, lying alongside and abutting such right-of-way, as may be reasonably necessary for buildings, stations, depots, or other structures, for railroad purposes only.

Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 273-2

  • 291C-92. All vehicles must stop at certain railroad grade crossings

The director of transportation and the counties are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only if no train is approaching. If a train is approaching, and is approximately within fifteen hundred feet of the crossing, the driver must not proceed until after the train has passed.

Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 291C-92

Blocked Crossings

State Laws, Regulations, and Penalties

No applicable statute related to this topic.

Warning Devices-Passive

State Laws and Regulations

  • 291C-92. All vehicles must stop at certain railroad grade crossings

The director of transportation and the counties are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only if no train is approaching. If a train is approaching, and is approximately within fifteen hundred feet of the crossing, the driver must not proceed until after the train has passed.

Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 291C-92

Warning Devices- Train Borne

State Laws, Regulations, and Penalties

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Warning Devices- Active

State Laws and Regulations

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Private Crossings

State Laws and Regulations

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Vegetation Clearance

State Laws, Regulations, and Penalties

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