Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Construction and Works
14. Power for owner, occupier or local authority to cause additional accommodation works to be made
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If an owner or occupier of any land affected by any railway considers the works made under section 13 to be insufficient for the commodious use of the land, or if the Land Transport Authority desires to construct a public road or other work across, under or over the railway, he may at any time require the railway administration to make at his expense such further accommodation works as he thinks necessary and are agreed to by the railway administration or as, in case of difference of opinion, are authorised by the Minister.
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;