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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232429,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84423,"identifier":"46.2-2088","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2088","url":"\/46.2-2088\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2088\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2088","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2088","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every common carrier<\/span> regulated pursuant to this article shall establish reasonable through routes with other such common carriers<\/span> and shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of passengers; shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable individual and joint rates, fares and charges and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto, and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, the carrying of baggage, the facilities for transportation, and all other matters relating to or connected with the transportation of passengers; and in case of such joint rates, fares, and charges, shall establish just, reasonable and equitable<\/span> divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS AS TO THROUGH ROUTES, EQUIPMENT, RATES,\nREGULATIONS, ETC (\u00a7 46.2-2088)\n\nEvery common carrier regulated pursuant to this article shall establish\nreasonable through routes with other such common carriers and shall provide safe\nand adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of\npassengers; shall establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable individual\nand joint rates, fares and charges and just and reasonable regulations and\npractices relating thereto, and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets,\nthe carrying of baggage, the facilities for transportation, and all other\nmatters relating to or connected with the transportation of passengers; and in\ncase of such joint rates, fares, and charges, shall establish just, reasonable\nand equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein\nwhich shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}