List of railway acts
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List of railway acts include
- An Act for Regulating Railways 10 August 1840, the Railway Regulation Act 1840Railway Regulation Act 1840The Railway Regulation Act of 1840 brought regulation to the rapidly emerging railway industry in the UK. It was enacted on 10th August 1840 and originally titled An Act for regulating Railways....
- An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction of future Railways, the Railway Regulation Act 1844Railway Regulation Act 1844The Railway Regulation Act 1844 was a British Act of Parliament introduced as a means of providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel.-The prior situation:...
see also Parliamentary trainParliamentary trainA Parliamentary train or Parly is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station or, in some cases, the whole line is open, although in reality the... - Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846The Railway Regulation Act 1846 introduced mandated standard gauges of for Great Britain, and for Ireland. This signalled the end for Brunel's broad gauge network.-See also:* The GWR "gauge war"* Rail gauge in Ireland* Standard gauge...
c. 57; see also Gauge Trials - The Railway Clearing Act 1850
- Railways Act 1873
- Regulation of Railways Act 1889Regulation of Railways Act 1889The Regulation of Railways Act 1889 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
- Light Railways Act 1896Light Railways Act 1896The Light Railways Act 1896 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Before the Act each new railway line built in the country required a specific Act of Parliament to be obtained by the company that wished to construct it, which greatly added to the cost...
- Railways Act 1921Railways Act 1921The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
- Transport Act 1947Transport Act 1947The Transport Act 1947 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Under it the railways, long-distance road haulage and various other types of transport were acquired by the state and handed over to a new British Transport Commission for operation...
- Railways Act 1993Railways Act 1993The Railways Act 1993 was introduced by John Major's Conservative government and passed on 5 November 1993. It provided for the restructuring of the British Railways Board , the public corporation that owned and operated the national railway system...
- Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament-Purposes of the Act:The purposes of the Act include:-*the creation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch...
- Railways Act 2005Railways Act 2005The Railways Act 2005 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the regulatory structure for railways in the United Kingdom.- Overview :...
External links
- House of Lords Archive: An Act for Regulating Railways 1840
- House of Lords Archive: An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction of future Railways 1844
- House of Lords Archive Railway Clearing Act 1850
- House of Lords Archive: An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways 1850
- House of Lords Archive: Regulation of Railways Act, 1889