...after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful (except as herein-after excepted) to construct any Railway for the Conveyance of Passengers on any Gauge other than Four Foot Eight Inches and Half an Inch in Great Britain, and Five Feet Three Inches in Ireland...
Furthermore, it also provided that, following the Act's passing, it would be illegal to alter a railway gauge that was in use for the conveyance, i.e. transport, of passengers.[1]
Assessmentedit
The Act continued legislative approval of the broad-gauge railways constructed by the Great Western Railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and endorsed the construction of several new broad-gauge lines, but restricted them to the south-west of England and to Wales. The Act stated that these railways "shall be constructed on the Gauge of Seven Feet".[1][note 2] The resulting isolation of these lines ultimately contributed to the demise of the Great Western Railway broad-gauge system.[citation needed]
Notesedit
^The metric equivalents of the dimensions specified are 1435 and 1600 millimetres respectively.
^Later, the distance between the rails was widened, for engineering reasons, to 7 ft 01⁄4, for which the metric equivalent is 2140 mm.
railway, regulation, gauge, 1846, vict, parliament, united, kingdom, that, designed, standardise, railway, tracks, achieved, royal, assent, august, 1846, during, reign, queen, victoria, united, kingdom, great, britain, ireland, mandated, that, track, gauge, wh. The Railway Regulation Gauge Act 1846 9 amp 10 Vict c 57 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was designed to standardise railway tracks It achieved royal assent on 18 August 1846 during the reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland It mandated that the track gauge which was the distance between the two running rails inner faces of 4 feet 81 2 inches to be the standard for Great Britain and 5 feet 3 inches to be the standard for Ireland 1 note 1 Railway Regulation Gauge Act 1846Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways Citation9 amp 10 Vict c 57Territorial extent Great Britain and IrelandDatesRoyal assent18 August 1846 1846 08 18 Other legislationRepealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1959Status RepealedText of statute as originally enacted Contents 1 The Act 2 Assessment 3 Notes 4 References 5 See also 6 External linksThe Act editThe Act stipulated that after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful except as herein after excepted to construct any Railway for the Conveyance of Passengers on any Gauge other than Four Foot Eight Inches and Half an Inch in Great Britain and Five Feet Three Inches in Ireland Furthermore it also provided that following the Act s passing it would be illegal to alter a railway gauge that was in use for the conveyance i e transport of passengers 1 Assessment editThe Act continued legislative approval of the broad gauge railways constructed by the Great Western Railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and endorsed the construction of several new broad gauge lines but restricted them to the south west of England and to Wales The Act stated that these railways shall be constructed on the Gauge of Seven Feet 1 note 2 The resulting isolation of these lines ultimately contributed to the demise of the Great Western Railway broad gauge system citation needed Notes edit The metric equivalents of the dimensions specified are 1435 and 1600 millimetres respectively Later the distance between the rails was widened for engineering reasons to 7 ft 01 4 for which the metric equivalent is 2140 mm References edit a b c Railway Regulation Gauge Act 1846 PDF See also editBritish Gauge War Rail gauge in Ireland Standard gaugeExternal links editRailways Archive entry for the act Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Railway Regulation Gauge Act 1846 amp oldid 1185261090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
