Section 1: Meaning of “railway” and “railway property”
20.Section 1 defines “railway” in this Part as a railway or tramway within the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport & Works Act 1992. In that section:
"railway" means:
“a system of transport employing parallel rails which—
(a)provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels, and
(b)form a track which either is of a gauge of at least 350 millimetres or crosses a carriageway (whether or not on the same level),
but does not include a tramway.”
“tramway” means:
“a system of transport used wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers employing parallel rails which—
(a)provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels, and
(b)are laid wholly or mainly along a street or in any other place to which the public has access (including a place to which the public has access only on making a payment).”
21.“Railway property” is also defined.
