Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Sanction by President of railway construction
Feedback & supportIf the Government, or the government of Malaysia, or any company is desirous of constructing a railway within Singapore, it shall deposit with the Secretary to the Cabinet a scheme for such railway stating the general direction and terminal points of the proposed railway, accompanied by a map, and thereupon the President, after making such inquiries as he thinks fit, may reject or provisionally approve the scheme.
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;
In case the President provisionally approves the scheme, sections 3 and 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 shall be applicable to the lands likely to be needed for the purposes of such railway.