(a)  Connections provided by railroad company.- If safe to install, reasonably practicable, and justified by the volume of business, a railroad company, on the application of a shipper, shall construct, maintain, and operate on reasonable terms: 

(1) a switch connection or a connection with a lateral line of railroad or private sidetrack owned by the shipper; or 

(2) a sidetrack and switch connection for the shipper on property owned by the railroad company. 

(b)  Regulation.- The Commission shall regulate installation, maintenance, and compensation under this section. 

(c)  Termination.- A railroad company may terminate connections that it provides under this section if the Commission determines that the required conditions are no longer satisfied. 

[An. Code 1957, art. 78, § 38; 1998, ch. 8, § 2.]