# Grade Crossing Signal System Safety
> **Federal Railroad Administration** · Interim final rule amendments. · Published 1996-06-20 · Effective 1996-08-19 · 61 FR 31802
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-15299
- **Category:** railroad-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Railroad Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 31802
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 234
- **Publication date:** 1996-06-20
- **Effective date:** 1996-08-19
## Abstract

FRA is amending the final rule requiring that railroads comply with specific maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for active highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. The final rule being amended also requires that railroads take specific and timely actions to protect the traveling public and railroad employees from the hazards posed by malfunctioning highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. The amendments issued today are technical corrections which clarify the rule which was published on September 30, 1994.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/06/20/96-15299/grade-crossing-signal-system-safety)
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