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The Regulation of Railways Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 57) is an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...
. It is one of the Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893.The
Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the ...
, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 It was enacted following the Armagh rail disaster.


Safety

It empowered the Board of Trade to require any railway company to: * adopt the block system of signalling on any passenger railway; * provide for the interlocking of points and signals on such railways; * provide for and use on all passenger trains continuous brakes; the brakes must be instantaneous in action; self applying in the event of any failure in continuity; capable of being applied to every vehicle of the train; and in regular use in daily working. Provision was made to enable the railway companies to issue debentures to pay for the capital cost of the equipment. There were also provisions regarding reporting the number of persons in safety-related employment who worked more than a specified number of hours.


Tickets

The Act also requires passengers to show tickets and to pay a
penalty Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) * Penal ...
if travelling without a ticket. It also gives powers to agents of the railway to request a name and address and to make it an offence not to provide these details when requested. Prosecutions are still brought under the Act today.


References

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