Re: railway line fences(vic)and good neighbours duty of care

[Bruce Greening <bgreeni@attglobal.net>]

In both systems I have worked for lines are declared either fenced or unfenced.
In the case of fenced lines the railway is required to maintain the fence,
whereas in unfenced, if the neighbour wants a fence its up to him.

The standard of fence can vary, and usually in towns a higher standard of fence
is provided to keep people out, though it can be a never ending battle to repair
cut fences where trespassers want access despite the fence.

IN country areas it is often a trade of with a limited budget as to weather it
is better to spend money on the fence or the track. In QR we left many hundreds
of km of fences unrepaired in cane growing areas where wandering stock was not
likely to be a problem



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Bruce L. Greening
bgreeni@ibm.net