Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
63. Fare and freight to be accepted conditionally
Feedback & supportThe fare and freight paid for the conveyance of passengers or goods by any particular train, steamer or other vessel shall be deemed to be accepted only upon condition that there is room in such train, steamer or other vessel for the passengers or goods to be conveyed.
In case there is not room for all the passengers or goods, those passengers who have obtained tickets for the longest distance shall have the preference, and those who have obtained tickets for the same distance shall have the preference according to the order in which they have received their tickets, and the like order shall be observed as to goods.
All officers and troops on duty, and all other persons travelling on the business of the Government shall be entitled to be conveyed on the railway in preference to or in priority over the public without reference to the distance for which, or the order in which, they have received their tickets.
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;