Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Opening of Railway
27. Reopening railway when closed
Feedback & supportWhen at any time a railway has been closed under section 26 it shall not be reopened for the public carriage of passengers until it has been inspected and its reopening sanctioned in accordance with this Act.
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;
When the Minister has ordered under section 26 that the use of any specified rolling stock shall be discontinued, that rolling stock shall not be used until the engineer has reported that it is fit for use and the Minister has sanctioned its use.