Guidance

Minor modifications rail closures definition: operational guidance

Guidance for defining which closures on the passenger railway network are eligible to be treated as a minor modification.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
22 May 2007

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(the Act) sets out statutory procedures concerning proposals to close parts of the passenger railway. 皇冠体育app Act allows for certain 鈥榚xcluded proposals鈥� to be treated as minor modifications under sections 34 and 35 of the Act.

Section 35 defines the remit for which closures are eligible to be treated as a minor modification.

This operational guidance note applies to applications to the Secretary of State for Transport to make a determination that a closure is a minor modification within the meaning of the Act. 皇冠体育apprefore, it does not apply to freight-only facilities that do not impact on the passenger railway network.

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Published 22 May 2007

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