Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part XI · Miscellaneous Provisions
84. Disposal of differences between railway companies regarding conduct of joint traffic
Feedback & supportWhere two or more railway companies, whose railways have a common terminus or a portion of the same line of railway communication, are not able to agree upon arrangements for conducting, at such common terminus or at the point of junction between them, their joint traffic safety, the Director General, upon the application of either or of any of such companies, may decide the matters in dispute between them, so far as those matters relate to the safety of the public, and may determine whether the whole
railway
“railway” means any kind of railway for the public carriage of passengers or goods or both, or any portion thereof, and includes— (a) all rails, beams, cables, sidings, or branches worked over for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway; (b) all rolling-stock used for the purposes of traffic; and (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company, but does not include— (d) the Sabah Railway; (e) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, by any person for the carriage of goods within any premises occupied by such person; and (f) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers within any amusement or recreational premises;
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or what proportion of the expenses attending to such arrangements shall be borne by either or any of the companies respectively.