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Section 82: Meaning of "railway services" etc.

Railways Act 1993 · 1993 c. 43View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: The Provision of Railway Services

In this Part, "railway services" means services of any of the following descriptions, that is to say—

services for the carriage of passengers by railway;
services for the carriage of goods by railway;
light maintenance services;
station services;
network services.

In this Part—

  • "light maintenance services" means services of any of the following descriptions, that is to say—

    (a)the refuelling, or the cleaning of the exterior, of locomotives or other rolling stock;

    (b)the carrying out to locomotives or other rolling stock of maintenance work of a kind which is normally carried out at regular intervals of twelve months or less to prepare the locomotives or other rolling stock for service;

  • "network services" means any service which consists of, or is comprised in, the provision or operation of a network (or of any of the track or other installations comprised in a network), but does not include any service which falls within paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) above;

  • "services for the carriage of passengers by railway" includes services for and in connection with the carriage of luggage, parcels or mail on trains which at the time are available, and primarily intended, for use by passengers; and references to carrying, or to the carriage of, passengers by railway shall be construed accordingly;

  • "station services" means any service which consists of, or is comprised in, the provision or operation of a station;

and, for the purposes of the above definitions of "network services" and "station services", where a person permits another to use any land or other property comprised in a network or station he shall be regarded as providing a service which falls within the meaning of "network services" or "station services", as the case may be.

Without prejudice to the generality of the definition in subsection (2) above, "network services" includes services of any of the following descriptions, that is to say—

the construction, maintenance, re-alignment, re-configuration or renewal of track,
the installation, operation, maintenance or renewal of a railway signalling system or of any other railway communication equipment,
the construction, control, maintenance or renewal of electrical conductor rails or overhead lines, of any supports for such rails or lines, and of any electrical substations or power connections used or to be used in connection therewith, and the provision of electrical power by means thereof,
the provision and operation of services for the recovery or repair of locomotives or other rolling stock in connection with any accident, malfunction or mechanical or electrical failure,
the provision and operation of services for keeping track free from, or serviceable notwithstanding, obstruction (whether by snow, ice, water, fallen leaves or any other natural or artificial obstacle or hindrance) or for removing any such obstruction,
the provision, operation, maintenance and renewal of any plant, equipment or machinery used in carrying on any of the activities specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) above,
the exercise of day to day control over train movements over or along any track comprised in the network,
the preparation of a timetable for the purposes of such control as is referred to in paragraph (g) above,

and it is immaterial for the purposes of this subsection and that subsection whether or not the person who provides the service in question also provides or operates a network, or any of the track or other installations comprised in a network, or provides the service on behalf of a person who does so.

In determining whether any service is a station service, it is immaterial whether or not the person who provides the service also provides or operates a station, or any part of a station, or provides the service on behalf of a person who does so.

In this section, "maintenance" includes the detection and rectification of any faults.

"Railway" has its wider meaning in the application of this section in relation to any provision of this Part for the purposes of which "railway" has that meaning.

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