The department of transportation, upon petition of the selectmen or of 20 or more legal voters of a town, after notice and hearing, may order a railroad to establish such stopping places or depots in the town as it finds that the public good requires, within a time by it limited, and to stop trains at such stopping places or depots.
RSA 246:28
1850, 953:6. CS 150:61. GS 147:14. GL 161:14. PS 159:21. PL 249 :37. RL 299:45. 1951, 203:58 par. 28. RSA 373:28. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).