Section 29.302. Method of operation

(a) Scheduled routes. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the certificate, a common carrier operating a scheduled route service shall have the right to pick up and discharge persons at a point along the route authorized by the certificate.

(b) Route deviations. No scheduled route carrier may deviate from its designated route unless specifically authorized to do so by its certificate.

(c) Route consolidation. No scheduled route common carrier operating over two or more routes under certificates of public convenience approved separately may consolidate its routes, or any two of them, thereby furnishing through service without change of vehicle, unless specific authority therefor has been granted by the Commission.

(d) Emergency digressions. Digressions from published routes under conditions of emergency may not be construed as being in violation of this section.

The provisions of this § 29.302 adopted January 23, 1981, effective January 24, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 409.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 29.301 (relating to conditions); and 52 Pa. Code § 29.353 (relating to method of operation in paratransit service).