Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
1. Short title and application
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This Act is the Railways Act 1905 and shall apply to all railways in Singapore, except a rapid transit system the construction and operation of which is subject to the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995, and a cross‑border railway the construction and operation of which is subject to the Cross‑Border Railways Act 2018.
railway
“railway” means a railway or any portion of a railway for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods and includes —(a)all land within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land appurtenant to a railway;(b)all lines of rails, sidings or branches worked over for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(c)all stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant and machinery, and other works constructed for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(d)all ferries, ships, boats and craft which are used for the traffic of a railway and belong to or are hired or worked by the authority administering the railway;(e)all engines, passenger coaches, and goods and livestock vehicles, or other rolling stock used for the purpose of carrying on the traffic of the railway;(f)all road vehicles used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods, livestock and vehicles; and(g)all aircraft used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods and livestock;