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    The Railway Regulation Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing a minimum standard for rail passenger...
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  • honor regarding contracts.: 5  Modern industrial regulation can be traced to the Railway Regulation Act 1844 in the United Kingdom, and succeeding Acts. Beginning...
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  • the Railway Regulation Act 1844 that required train companies to provide inexpensive and basic rail transport for less affluent passengers. The act required...
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    included the Mines and Collieries Act 1842, the Income Tax Act 1842, the Factories Act 1844 and the Railway Regulation Act 1844. Peel's government was weakened...
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  • Indian Railways Act 1890 The Railways Act, 1989 The Railways Act 1991 The Railways (Successor Company) Act 1991 The Railway Regulation Act 1844 see also...
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    Short Titles Act 1896. The fourth session of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 1 February 1844 until 5 September 1844. (6 & 7 Vict...
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    killed. This accident prompted Parliament to pass the Railway Regulation Act 1844, requiring railway companies to provide better carriages for passengers...
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  • Railway in England obtains its authorising Act of Parliament. August 9 – In the United Kingdom, the Railway Regulation Act 1844 (officially: An Act to...
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    first class and third class were retained. This was because the Railway Regulation Act 1844 required a third-class service to be offered. In addition to...
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    districts, and this was formalised in the Railway Regulation Act 1844. The LSWR was the second British railway company to begin running a commuter service...
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    momentous piece of legislation in the field of railway law to have been enacted since the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1854", it was passed by Harold Macmillan's...
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    Railway Regulation Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It brought regulation to the fast-growing railway industry...
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    Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) or the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 or the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 is an act...
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    Composition (Ireland) Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 86) Railway Regulation Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85) Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c...
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  • Second was more or less abolished in the 1870s as a result of the Railway Regulation Act 1844, remaining only in limited use for special services, such as...
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    (1d) a mile and obliged the railway companies to operate a larger number of cheap trains. The Railway Regulation Act 1844 had established the provision...
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    famine, as well as opposing government regulation such as the Railway Regulation Act 1844 and the Factories Act 1847. In the 19th century the editorial...
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    The accident had important repercussions because it led to the Railway Regulation Act 1844. William Ewart Gladstone introduced his bill to regulate the...
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  • ventilation Regulation of explosive works Regulation of "deleterious" works To appoint officers to superintend the Act The limits in which the Act were to...
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    The Regulation of Railways Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the Railway Regulation Acts...
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    for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom. The act defines general duties on...
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    Britain. The Railway Regulation Act 1844 limited passenger fares to one penny (1⁄240 of a pound sterling) per mile on the entire British railway network,...
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    influence over the railway and it became known as "the Quaker line". The act that received royal assent on 19 April 1821 allowed for a railway that could be...
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    Retrieved 25 November 2006. Her Majesty's Government (1844). "1844 Regulation of Railways Act". The Railways Archive. (originally published by Her Majesty's...
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    Sirhowy Railway Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxi) Mid Wales Railway (Llangurig Branch, &c,) Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. lxxx) Baroness Windsor's Estate Act 1857...
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    Wotton Tramway recognised as a railway, and William Yolland inspected the line in April 1873. The Railway Regulation Act 1844 defined minimum standards of...
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    Foster. "The political economy of regulation: interests, ideology, voters, and the UK Regulation of Railways Act 1844." Public Administration 70.3 (1992):...
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    Gateshead. The Brandling Junction Railway was taken over by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway in 1844. A subsequent act of 1845 legalised the purchase...
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    government promoted an almost totally 'laissez-faire' system of non-regulation in the railways. Companies had to submit a bill to Parliament to gain the right...
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  • The Act also allowed the corporation to acquire the Dock Navigation Company and the Preston Dock Branch Line railway from the North Union Railway company...
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