Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Chapter 9
138. Disposal of differences between licensed operators regarding conduct of joint traffic
Feedback & supportWhere two or more licensed operators 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 of Land
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“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; (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company; and (d) any guided system or guided system of a class prescribed to be a railway for purposes of this Act, but does not include— (A) the Penang Hill Railway; (B) 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; and (C) such other railways as may be prescribed;
Public Transport, upon the application of either or of any of such licensed operators, 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 or what proportion of the expenses attending to such arrangements shall be borne by either or any of the licensed operators respectively.