Regulation of Railways Act 1868

The Regulation of Railways Act 1868^[1]
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Law relating to Railways.
Citation	31 & 32 Vict c 119
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Royal assent	31 July 1868
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Regulation of Railways Act 1868 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk

The Regulation of Railways Act 1868 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893.

It was enacted following the first murder on the railways, that of Thomas Briggs by Franz Muller near Hackney in 1864.^[2]

The Act made new provisions for:

ensuring a method was available for allowing passengers to communicate with the train's guard, if the train was scheduled to travel more than 20 miles without stopping;^[3]
establishing a fine for passengers raising the alarm without due cause (warnings of this fact still routinely appear near train emergency alarms);
removing trees near railway lines that might fall and block the train;
a penalty for trespassing on the railway.

Despite the legislation, it was not until 1899 that internal emergency wires came to be used on the majority of trains.^[2]

References

↑ This short title was conferred by the Regulation of Railways Act 1868, section 1
1 2 Colquhoun, Kate. Mr Briggs Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ "Provisions for the safety of passengers". Regulation of the Railways Act 1868. Parliament. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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