# 49 C.F.R. § 71.1 (2026): Limits defined; exceptions authorized for certain rail operating purposes only

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## Section

- **Citation:** 49 C.F.R. § 71.1 (2026)
- **Heading:** Limits defined; exceptions authorized for certain rail operating purposes only
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 49 CFR: Transportation / Part 71 / § 71.1: § 71.1   Limits defined › exceptions authorized for certain rail operating purposes only.

## Text

(a) This part prescribes the geographic limits of each of the nine standard time zones established by section 1 of the Standard Time Act, as amended by section 4 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 261). The Uniform Time Act also contains lists of operating exceptions granted for specified rail carriers, whose operations cross the time zone boundaries prescribed by this part. (15 U.S.C. 265). (b) Any rail carrier whose operations cross a time zone boundary prescribed by this part may apply for an operating exception to the General Counsel, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. However, each rail carrier for which an operating exception is granted shall, in its advertisements, time cards, station bulletin boards, and other publications, show arrival and departure times in terms of the standard time for the place concerned. (c) The time zones established by the Standard Time Zone Act, as amended by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, are Atlantic, eastern, central, mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii-Aleutian, Samoa, and Chamorro. [Amdt. 71-11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 71-21, 52 FR 41631, Nov. 18, 1986; 78 FR 15884, Mar. 13, 2013]

## Nearby sections

- [49 C.F.R. § 71.1 (2026) § 71.1   Limits defined; exceptions authorized for certain rail operating purposes only.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_1.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.2 (2026) § 71.2   Annual advancement of standard time.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_2.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.3 (2026) § 71.3   Atlantic zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_3.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.4 (2026) § 71.4   Eastern zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_4.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.5 (2026) § 71.5   Boundary line between eastern and central zones.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_5.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.6 (2026) § 71.6   Central zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_6.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.7 (2026) § 71.7   Boundary line between central and mountain zones.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_7.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.8 (2026) § 71.8   Mountain zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_8.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.9 (2026) § 71.9   Boundary line between mountain and Pacific zones.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_9.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.10 (2026) § 71.10   Pacific zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_10.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.11 (2026) § 71.11   Alaska zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_11.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.12 (2026) § 71.12   Hawaii-Aleutian zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_12.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.13 (2026) § 71.13   Samoa zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_13.md)
- [49 C.F.R. § 71.14 (2026) § 71.14   Chamorro Zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T49_P71_S71_14.md)

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