Re: Rail line reopening doubtful

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> >NSW law requires that if an unused railway line is blocked by road
> >construction and the rail line is later required for rail operations
> >then the road authority/council AT ITS COST must reinstate the rail line
> >to operational status.  The RAC cannot legally permanently block the
> >line.
> >
> >Chris
>
> Can someone please quote exactly where NSW law states this ?
> ie in what Act and what part of the Act.

It is actually a common law provision, based on the fact that a railway is
still open until an Act of Parliament is passed to close that line. Anything
that is done to block an open line (and the Armidale to Tenterfield line is
still technically open) must be rectified by the person or body that blocked
it.

Dave