§ 40-9-102 — Definitions

As used in sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105, unless the
context otherwise requires:

(1) Common carriers also includes express companies, private freight car
lines, and pipe lines.

(2) Railroad includes all bridges used or operated in connection with any
railroad; all the roads in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned
or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; all switches, spurs, tracks, and
terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in transportation of persons or
property; all freight depots, yards, and grounds used or necessary in the
transportation of persons or property; and all freight depots, yards, and grounds,
used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any of said property.

(3) Transportation includes all cars, and all other vehicles and
instrumentalities and facilities of a shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership
or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof, and all service in
connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation,
refrigeration or icing, demurrage, storing, or handling of property transported. It is
the duty of every common carrier, subject to the provisions of sections 40-9-101 to
40-9-105, to provide such transportation upon reasonable request therefor, and to
establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto, and to
provide a sufficient number of cars and a reasonable time schedule for trains.

Legislative History

Source: L. 07: p. 532, � 2. R.S. 08: � 5446. L. 10: p. 46, � 2. C.L. � 2979. CSA: C. 29, � 2. CRS 53: � 115-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 115-12-2.