Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part IV · Railways
89. Power of railway company to execute all necessary works
Feedback & supportSubject to this Act, whenever it is necessary so to do, a railway company may, for the purpose of constructing a railway or the accommodation or other works connected therewith —
make or construct in, upon, across, under or over any land or river, such temporary works or structures, including roads, bridges, rails, ways, conduits and drains, as the railway company thinks proper; and
alter temporarily the course of any roads, streets or ways as the railway company thinks proper.
In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the railway company shall be subject to any direction that may be given by the Director General of Land Public Transport.
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; (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;
A railway company shall, before exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), give notice to the proprietor or occupier of the land, and simultaneously provide a copy of the notice to the
Director General of Land Public Transport, of its intention to enter the land.
Director General of Land Public Transport
“Director General of Land Public Transport” means the Director General in charge of land public transport;
The notice mentioned in subsection (3) shall state as fully and accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done.
The Director General of Land Public Transport may determine the form of the notice mentioned in subsection (3) and the manner in which such notice may be served on a proprietor or occupier of the land.