Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
70. Passengers may be directed as to the carriage in which they shall travel
Feedback & supportAny passenger may be directed by a station master, guard or other railway official to enter and travel in any carriage or compartment which such railway official indicates, not being of a lower class than that for which he has paid his fare.
railway official
“railway official” includes all persons employed by or on behalf of the railway administration to perform any function in connection with a railway.
Any passenger who refuses or neglects to conform to such direction may be removed by any railway official from the premises appertaining to the railway and shall forfeit his fare.
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;