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Document Summary
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Regulation of Railways Act
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Sample Quote
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"1.-(1.) The Board of Trade may from time to time order a railway company to do, within a time limited by the order, and subject to any exceptions or modifications allowed by the order, any of the following things:
(a.) To adopt the block system on all or any of their railways open for the public conveyance of passengers;
(b.) To provide for the interlocking of points and signals on or in connexion with all or any of such railways;
(c.) To provide for and use on all their trains carrying passengers continuous brakes complying with the following requirements, namely:
(i.) The brake must be instantaneous in action, and capable of being applied by the engine-driver and guards;
(ii.) The brake must be self-applying in the event of any failure in the continuity of its action;
(iii.) The brake must be capable of being applied to every vehicle of the train, whether carrying passengers or not;
(iv.) The brake must be in regular use in daily working;
(v.) The materials of the brake must be of a durable character, and easily maintained and kept in order."
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Archivist's Summary
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This Act - introduced only 79 days after the Armagh collision - signalled a loss of patience with the railway companies on the part of the public, after a series of serious accidents; each of which would have been prevented by the introduction of the famous 'lock, block and brake' measures.
Measures contained in the Act were;
- Mandatory introduction of fixed block signalling;
- Mandatory introduction of interlocking of points and signals;
- Mandatory introduction of continuous brakes;
- Creation of the means to finance such measures, by issuing debenture stock;
- Mandatory submission to the Board of staff overtime levels;
- Introduction of penalty charges for passengers without tickets;
- Requirement to print fare on every ticket issued.
Please note that this Act is presented in its original form as passed. This Act may have been amended by subsequent legislation. For details of amendments please see the UK Statute Law Database at www.statutelaw.gov.uk.
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Category
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Primary legislation |
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Related Event
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Date of Publication
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30th August 1889 |
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Author(s)
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Her Majesty's Government
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Publisher
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office
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Sourced?
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Yes
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Source
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Parliamentary Archives
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Original Document Link
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None
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Source Format
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Paper
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Document Copyright
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Crown (waived)
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Permission Requested?
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No
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Permission Granted?
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No
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PDF Available?
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Yes
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PDF File Copyright
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 The Railways Archive
Creative Commons License
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No. of Pages
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3
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Size of Download (Mb)
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0.6
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