Street railway definition

Street railway means a nonprofit corporation organized under this act for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting individuals or property. Street railway includes a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192, by a street railway organized under section 11, or by 1 or more members of the board of directors of a street railway for the purpose of assisting the street railway in acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating, improving, or maintaining a street railway system or for the purpose of financing a street railway system.
Street railway means that term as defined under the nonprofit street railway act, 1867 PA 35, MCL 472.1 to 472.31.
Street railway means and includes every railway by whatsoever power operated or

Examples of Street railway in a sentence

  • Street railway system" means the facilities, equipment, and personnel required to provide and maintain a public transportation system operated on rails at grade or above or below ground within a city, village, or township utilizing streetcars, trolleys, light rail vehicles, or trams for the transportation of individuals or property.

  • Street railway system excludes facilities and improvements that are not required to maintain a public transportation system.

  • Street railway system also includes necessary power feeds, signals, and stops or stations within a public right-of-way.


More Definitions of Street railway

Street railway means a nonprofit corporation organized under this act for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property.
Street railway means a railway constructed or operated along and upon a highway under an agreement with or by-law of a city or town, although it may at some point or points deviate from the highway to a right-of-way owned by the company, and includes all portions of the railway within the city or town and for a distance of not more than 2.4 kilometres beyond the limits of the city or town, and any part of an electric railway that lies within the limits of a city or town and that is constructed or operated along and upon a highway and includes buses and other vehicular means of transportation operated as part of or in connection with a street railway. (“tramway”)
Street railway means a nonprofit corporation organized under this part for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting individuals or property. Street railway includes a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192, by a street railway organized under section 511, or by 1 or more members of the board
Street railway means and includes every railway by whatsoever power operated or any extension or extensions, branch, or branches thereof, for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, being mainly upon, along, above, or below any street, avenue, road, highway, bridge, or public place in any city or town, and including all switches, spurs, tracks, rights of trackage, subways, tunnels, stations, terminals and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, or owned by or in connection with any street railway;
Street railway means a nonprofit corporation organized under this part for the purpose of operating a
Street railway means a nonprofit corporation organized under this act for the pur- pose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property.
Street railway means an organization formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property. A street railway system is operated upon rails principally within a municipality utilizing streetcars, trolleys, and trams for the transportation of persons or property. Such organizations may accumulate, store, manufacture, conduct, use, sell, furnish, and supply electricity and electric power.