RAILWAY RULES

RAILWAY RULES

RAILWAYS.

Subsidiary legislation under this Chapter, with sub-
sequent amendments (if any) incorporated, is set out as
follows-
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Railway Rules ......................... ... ... ... 143
Tai Po Railway Pier Rules .............. ... ... 153

RAILWAYS RULES.

(Cap. 99, section 29(2)).
(Ordinance No. 21 Of 1909).

[11th May, 1928.]

1. The interpretation of these rules shall be governed
by section 2 of the Ordinance.

2. No obligation to carrv out the service indicated by
any time-table shall be implied by the publication thereof.

3. (1) The fares appearing in current lists or tables
of fares posted at rhe stations are and shall be deemed to
be fixed and authorized fares payable at the booking-offices
of the railway.

(2) The fares fixed by the administrator in case of
payment on any train, or at any station of arrival, are and
shall be fifty per cent higher than the fares indicated in
paragraph (1), to the intent that the benefit of the more
favourable rate so indicated can only be obtained by the
purchase of tickets in the normal manner at booking-offices.

4. No undertaking is given or implied that the issue
of tickets to intending passengers can or will be completed
before the departure of any train. Unless otherwise ordered
by the administrator booking-offices will be open half an
hour before the departure of each passenger train.





5. (1) In circumstances deemed by the administrator
to be special the administrator may refuse, absolutely or
failing acceptance of stipulations or conditions, to carry any
person, animal, cargo, goods, wares or thing. Every person
accepting such stipulations or conditions shall duly comply
therewith and be bound thereby.

(2) Where any animal, cargo, goods, wares or thing
is or are carried from China to the Colony on a through
railway invoice marked 'Subject to completion of Chinese
Customs requirements at Kowloon' such animal, cargo,
goods, wares or thing shall be accepted by the adminis-
trator subject to the condition, which shall be binding on
the consignor and consignee and their agents, that failing
adjustment of Chinese Customs requirements at Kowloon
the animal, cargo, goods, wares or thing will not be
delivered in the Colony but will be- returned by the adminis-
trator to the Chinese 'Customs Station at Shurn Chun.

6. Every, person while on the railway premises or in
any train or carriage shall comply with all notices, indica-
tors and other direciions whatsoever intended for his
guidance.

7. Passengers will be booked and fares accepted
subject to the condition that room is available in the train
for which the tickets are issued.

8. Passengers must examine their tickets and change
before leaving the booking-office counter; claims in respect
of alleged mistikes will not afterwards be entertained.

9. Every ticket issued shall be deemed to have incor-
porated therein all the provisions relating to tickets contained
in the Ordinance, and in these rules.

10. The issue of season tickets is in the discretion of
the administrator.

11. The holder of a ticket, for whom there is not room
available in the train by which he is booked, will be
permitted to use the ticket by any succeeding train leaving
within twenty-four hours, or if he elects not to travel, will







have his fare refunded if application is made within one
hour of the departure of the train from which he was shut
out.

12. The holder of a ticket for whom there is no accom-
modation of the class indicated by his ticket may-
(a) elect to take lower class accommodation, in which
case the difference in fare will be refunded; or
(b) return his ticket, complete and undefaced, and
obtain a refund of the fare paid therefor, if such
return be made within an hour of the departure
of the train; or
(c) use his ticket by any, succeeding train not later
than the day following the day of issue: Pro-
vided that, if any date appearing on the ticket is
to be changed, he shall produce such ticket to the
booking-office of issue for noting.

13. (1) Passengers, while travelling, may have their
tickets made available for a higher class of carriage on
application to the guard and on payment of the difference
in fare. In all such cases the passenger will be given a
special excess fare ticket as his permit to travel in the higher
class.

(2) Whett a passenger, before commencing his journey,
wishes to change his ticket for one of a higher class and
pays the difference of fare, the original ticket will be
exchanged for a fresh ticket available for the higher class
carriage.

14. A season ticket holder travelling in a higher class
of carriage than that for which his ticket is available shall
be regarded as holding an ordinary single ticket for the
class indicated in his season ticket.

15. Any passenger left behind at any station on
account of sickness or because he is unable, on any other
account considered by the administrator to be good and
sufficient cause, to use his ticket, may, on prompt com-
munication being made to the traffic manager, have his
ticket made available for a subsequent date.





16. Except as provided in these rules any ticket not used on
the day, within the period or for the journey for which it was
issued shall lapse and shall be deemed to be cancelled.

17. If a passenger be found travelling with a ticket so
mutilated that the number or date cannot be deciphered, lie will
be regarded as not having paid his fare.

18. All tickets are and shall remain the property of the
administrator. No person other than a person duly authorized by
the administrator in that behalf shall sell or attempt to sell or offer
for sale any pass, ticket or return portion of any ticket and no
person shall transfer or attempt or offer to transfer his pass or
ticket, or return portion of any ticket, by gift, sale or other
disposition.

19. No passenger, unless he joins the train at a stopping-
place where tickets are not issued, or unless he is the then holder
of an ordinary full fare ticket to the intermediate station at which
he alights and also re-books at the full ordinary rate- without
deriving any advantage as regards fare by the double booking,
shall take a ticket at any intermediate station for the purpose of
continuing his journey in the same train as that in which he
arrives at such station.

20. No ticket, whether single or return, shall be used by a
passenger for a journey other than that between the stations
named thereon, and only to a station between these so named if
the passenger, by so using the ticket, derives no advantage as
regards fare.

21. No person shall use his ticket, either single or return, for
any other than an unbroken journey, (necessary changes
excepted) between the stations named thereon.

22. No season ticket holder whose ticket does not extend to
the entire railway service shall use such ticket for a portion of any
journey not expressly covered by such ticket.





23. Except as in these rules expressly provided, no refund will be
granted for or in respect of any unused, expired or lapsed return portion
of any ticket. Any refund made will be subject to a deduction of ten Per
cent.

24. Every passenger who pays any excess fare shall demand and
obtain a receipt in due form therefor; every such receipt shall be
deemed to be part of his ticket and shall be dealt with accordingly.

25. Any person found travelling without a proper ticket or who
refuses to pay the authorized excess fares on the train -may be removed
from the train and from railway premises.

26. No person knowingly suffering from leprosy or
from any of the following diseases-
bubonic fever; small-pox;
cholera; typhus fever;
diphtheria; typhoid fever;
measles; whooping cough;
scarlet fever;
shall, except in strict accordance with a written permit first
obtained from the administrator, resort to or come upon any
premises of the administrator, or travel or attempt to travel
on any railway. No person who has charge of any person
who has any such disease shall, without the like authority-,
aid or assist the person having any such disease to travel
or attempt to travel on the railway. The issue of such
permit shall be in the absolute discretion of the administra-
tor and such conditions may be attached thereto and charges
inade for or in respect thereof as the administrator thinks fit.

27. Accommodation on trains will as a rule be provided for first,
second and third class passengers but the adminisrator reserves the
right to run trains under any conditions and with such accommodation
as may in his judgment be advisable.

28. Children, if thought by the railway official in charge of the train,
or other official whose duty it is to issue, collect or examine tickets, to be
three years of age or under, and if accompanied and cared for by a ticket





holder, who may be another child holding a half-fare ticket, will be
allowed to travel free and without tickets. The claim of any
aggrieved person to recover any fare paid for a child alleged to be
under three years of age will only be considered upon prompt
application being made to the railway official in charge of the
train. The decision of the administrator upon every such claim
shall be final.
29. Half fares will be accepted for children thought by the
railway official or servant issuing the ticket to be over three years
and less than twelve years of age. The claim of any aggrieved
person paying full fare to recover half the sum paid by him will
only be considered upon prompt application being made to the
railway official in charge of the train. The decision of the
administrator upon every such claim shall be final.
30. Cheques will not be accepted at any booking-office.
31. Zone time is used throughout the railway. Zone time is
eight hours in advance of Greenwich time.
32. Reserved accommodation for all classes must be made
the subject of special reference to the traffic manager and twenty-
four hours' notice be given.
33. No person, except passengers going by train and
authorized persons, shall go on to a platform at a station. Station-
masters are authorized to use their discretion in allowing persons
on a platform when accompanying or meeting friends travelling
by train.
34. No person other than a licensed porter first engaged by a
passenger, or a railway official or a railway servant, shall handle
or move or attempt to handle or move any passengers' luggage.
35. No person shall solicit engagement in or for the handling
or moving of passengers' luggage.
36. No person, unless authorized by the administrator, shall
sell or expose or offer for sale any goods or wares in or upon any
railway premises or any train or carriage.





37. No person, unless authorized by the administrator, shall
post, stick, paint or write, or caused to be posted, stuck, painted
or written, any placard, bill, advertisement or other matter within
or on any post, fence, gate, platform, train, carriage, bridge, wall,
building or other property or premises of the administrator.
38. Every person to whom any licence whatsoever is granted
by the administrator shall duly comply with the conditions of the
licence.

39. No person shall place his feet on any scat or part of a
scat or on any table in any carriage.

40. No person other than a railway official acting in the
course of his duty shall
(a) enter or leave any carriage by any means other than
passing through the entrances and exits provided for the
purpose, and in a normal manner;
(b) open any locked carriage door.
This rule shall be suspended in cases of necessity resulting
from any railway accident.

41. Every person who finds any lost property in or upon any
railway premises, other than in any train or carriage, shall hand
over the same to the station-master at the nearest station.

42. No person, other than a railway official acting in the
course of his duty, shall remove from any train or carriage any
property lost or left behind therein.

43. No person shall throw or deposit any lighted cigarette
end, tobacco or match, or any unused match not being a safety
match, liquid, substance or thing on to the floor or scat of any
carriage or down any window-recess, slot or other crevice. or in
any position, spot or place liable to cause or promote fire.

44. Vehicle drivers and ricksha-pullers shall, while in or upon
any station, yard or other premises of the administrator, obey the
reasonable directions of any authorized employee of the
administrator.





45. No person shall drive any horse or horses attached to a
vehicle, or drive anv motor car or other vehicle through, into or
out of any railway station, yard or premise of the administrator
at a rate of speed liable to involve danger to others.

46. Except with the permission of the administrator, no
person shall leave or cause to be left any motor car or other
vehicle on any railway premises or on any station approach road
or entrance being tinder the control of the administrator.

47. No person shall ride or drive any horse, or any bicycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, upon or along any railway, pier,
wharf, platform or any pathway or other way used in connexion
with any railway stations, buildings, piers or wharves vested in,
used by or under the control of the administrator and set apart for
the exclusive use of pedestrians.

48. No person shall take or attempt to take along or across
any railway track anything whatsoever calculated to injure or
obstruct the railway track or the work of the railway unless he
has first notified the administrator and obtained his permission.
49. No person shall carry or have with him on any railway
premises or in any carriage or train any loaded firearms unless
with the written authority of the administrator.

50. No person shall deposit or throw or cause to be
deposited or thrown at or from any carriage or at or on any
railway property or premises any glass, stone or missile, or any
filth, dirt, rubbish or other offensive or waste matter.
51. No person shall bathe in or pollute the water of any
reservoir, tank, duct or water-container belonging to the railway.
52. No per ' son shall permit or suffer any sewage, drain-
age, night soil, sullage or other offensive matter to flow
or to be emptied or placed on any railway premises or
property.





53. Dogs will only be carried in accordance with the conditions
regulating the issue of dog tickets; the holder of the ticket shall duly
comply with such conditions. Dogs will not be conveyed in that part of
any carriage or other vehicle intended for the conveyance of
passengers.
54. Baggage includes wearing apparel and effects required for the
personal use of passengers when travelling. Every person taking or
having charge of baggage shall pay at parcels rates for any article or
thing not being wearing apparel and personal effects.
55. Every person shall allow his baggage to be examined by any
person authorized in that behalf by the administrator.
56. If a passenger conveys or attempts to convey merchandise as
baggage, the rate for such merchandise shall be ten times the ordinary
parcels rate.
57. If baggage, parcels or goods be not taken delivery of within six
months after arrival, the same will be sold and the administrator will keep
on the owner's account the proceeds thereof, deducting storage and
other expenses.
58. Charges for cargo, including animals and goods, and for excess
baggage shall be in accordance with the railway tariff book in the
absence of any special charge or rate in any particular case. Parcels, if
accepted for carriage, will be carried subject to conditions appearing on
the parcels receipt and subject to the fellowi rig conditions
(a)that no claim will be entertained after delivery to the
consignee;
(b))that, subject to condition (d) parcels not taken delivery of
within six months may be sold or, if considered unsaleable,
destroyed by the administrator;
(c)that the net proceeds of sale, if any, will only be accounted
for or refunded by the administrator within six months from
the date of sale;
(d)that perishable goods, if considered saleable, may be sold
after the expiration of sixteen hours from the time of arrival,
and if not sold may be destroyed ;





(e) that the contents of all parcels must be truly declared;
that any railway official or servant authorized by the
administrator in that behalf may examine the contents;
(g) that in circumstances deemed by the administrator to be
special parcels may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as
the administrator may think fit;
(h) that articles required by the Ordinance, to be insured are duly
insured.

59. Should goods of a higher class be falsely declared as goods of
a lower class, the rate of excess shall be the difference and in addition
ten times the difference between the rates for the two classes.

60. If explosive or other dangerous goods are found to be declared
as ordinary goods, the rate of excess shall be the difference and in
addition fifteen times the difference between the rate for ordinary goods
and the rate for explosive or dangerous goods. If the false declaration is
discovered in course of transit, the goods may be unloaded from the car
and reloaded into another and the loading and unloading expenses thus
incurred shall be borne by the shippers.

61. In the case of persons found smugging goods the rate shall be
ten times the ordinary rate in the case of ordinary goods and fifteen
times the ordinary rate in the case of explosive or dangerous goods.

62. In any case of emergency or railway accident the person
appointed by the administrator in that behalf, or in his absence or failing
such appointment, then the senior railway official present, shall take
such steps as may appear to him expedient or necessary. Every other
person present shall assist such appointed person or railway official as
far as reasonably may be. No person shall obstruct any other person
assisting as aforesaid.

63. Nothing in these rules, and no prosecution or step or action
thereunder shall bar any claim for damages or other remedy, unless the
context so requires.

64. These rules may be cited as the Railways Rules.





TAI PO RAILWAY PIER RULES.
(Cap. 99, section 29(2)).
(Ordinance No. 21 Of 1909).

[13th August, 1926.]

1. No person shall cause any launch, lighter, junk, boat or
other vessel to be made fast to, or to be moored ~,t, or to be
brought to or to be alongside the Tai Po Railway Pier or the bund
leading thereto, or shall bring to, land at or take on board from the
said pier or the said bund any passengers, cargo, goods, effects
or things, unless such person has
(a) first obtained a licence in accordance with these rules;
or
(b) paid the appropriate fee or fees mentioned in Part 11 of
the scale of charges set forth in rule 12 :
Provided that the Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway, in these
rules referred to as the manager, in his discretion, may allow the
occasional use of the said pier and bund free of charge by
vessels of not more than 70 piculs capacity.

2. Licences under these rules shall be in writing signed by
the manager. Licences shall be limited in their application to the
launches respectively named therein.

3. The fee mentioned in Part 1 of the said scale of charges
shall be paid by every licensee quarterly in advance.

4. Before granting any licence under these rules, and during
the subsistence of any such licence, the manager may require,
and the applicant or licensee shall supply., true and full particulars
as to the place or places between or from or to which the launch
plies or is to ply, and of the times of arrival or departure at and
from such place or places, and of the charges made or to be
made to passengers and for cargo.

5. All licensed launches bringing passengers for the railway,
unless prevented by accident or circumstances
Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 562. Interpretation. (Cap. 99.) No obligation to carry out the services. Authorized fares. Booking of passengers.
Conditions of cariage of persons, goods, etc. Passengers to comply with notices, indicators, etc. Booking subject to available ac-commodiation. Passengers to examinate tickets and change. Conditions of tickets. Issue of season tickets. Missed tickets.
Want of accom-modation. Changing into a higher class. Season ticket holder travel-ling in a higher class carriage. Passenger left behind.
Unused tickets to lapse. Mutilated tickets. Tickets not transferable. Booking at intermediate stations to continue journey by same train. Tickets only to be used between stations named thereon. Breaking journey at intermediate stations. Season tickets.
Refunds on unused tickets. Excess fare tickets. Passengers may be removed from trains. Infectious diseases. Accom-modation. Children under three years of age.
[r. 28 cont.] Children below twelve years of age. Cheques. Time. Reserved accom-modation. Persons other than passengers not allowed on platforms. Unauthorized persons not to remove luggage. Soliciting custom. Unauthorized sales.
Conveyance of dogs. Definition of passengers' baggage. Baggage may be examined. Merchandise conveyed as baaggage. Unclaimed baggage, parcels or goods. Conditions of carriage of goods, animals, parcels, etc.
[r. 58 cont.] Rates for carriage of goods falsely declared. Explosives declared as ordinary goods. Smuggling goods. Accident or other emergency. Saving of other remedies. Citation.
Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 572.

Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 562. Interpretation. (Cap. 99.) No obligation to carry out the services. Authorized fares. Booking of passengers.
Conditions of cariage of persons, goods, etc. Passengers to comply with notices, indicators, etc. Booking subject to available ac-commodiation. Passengers to examinate tickets and change. Conditions of tickets. Issue of season tickets. Missed tickets.
Want of accom-modation. Changing into a higher class. Season ticket holder travel-ling in a higher class carriage. Passenger left behind.
Unused tickets to lapse. Mutilated tickets. Tickets not transferable. Booking at intermediate stations to continue journey by same train. Tickets only to be used between stations named thereon. Breaking journey at intermediate stations. Season tickets.
Refunds on unused tickets. Excess fare tickets. Passengers may be removed from trains. Infectious diseases. Accom-modation. Children under three years of age.
[r. 28 cont.] Children below twelve years of age. Cheques. Time. Reserved accom-modation. Persons other than passengers not allowed on platforms. Unauthorized persons not to remove luggage. Soliciting custom. Unauthorized sales.
Conveyance of dogs. Definition of passengers' baggage. Baggage may be examined. Merchandise conveyed as baaggage. Unclaimed baggage, parcels or goods. Conditions of carriage of goods, animals, parcels, etc.
[r. 58 cont.] Rates for carriage of goods falsely declared. Explosives declared as ordinary goods. Smuggling goods. Accident or other emergency. Saving of other remedies. Citation.
Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 572.

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