The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...

the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. ii). In August 1896, the Light Railways Act 1896 was passed, and this spurred...

World War the railways were under state control, which continued until 1921. Complete nationalisation had been considered, and the Railways Act 1921 is sometimes...

Gauge of Railways Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) The Railway Clearing Act 1850 The Railways Act 1873 The Light Railways Act 1896 The Railways Act 1921 The...

took advantage of the reduced construction cost enabled by the Light Railways Act 1896. It was launched with considerable enthusiasm by local interests...

inbound throughput Light Railway Order, an order made under the Light Railways Act 1896 for the construction or operation of a railway in the United Kingdom...

the Tenterden Railway, but no work was done and powers to construct the line lapsed in 1901. With the passing of the Light Railways Act 1896, a group of...

most railways. Also in Japan, originally, "light railway" refers to a railway built or operated under the Light Railways Act enforced in 1909. The act in...

a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge and to the light rail standards provided by the Light Railways Act 1896 to reduce construction costs. The route of the...

different from in the UK Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 78) / Light Railways Act 1896. Some Stadtbahn systems are subject to both BOStrab and EBO regulations...

Narrow Gauge Railways (Beddgelert Light Railway Extension) Order 1900, which allowed the extension to be built under the Light Railways Act 1896. This extension...

after the Light Railways Act 1896 came into force, it was authorised and constructed prior to that act. Therefore, as with all other railways, it was authorised...

resembled a conventional railway line and paved the way for the passing of the Light Railways Act 1896. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) promoted the idea...

passengers". Regulation of the Railways Act 1868. Parliament. Retrieved 17 February 2013. "Light Railways". Regulation of the Railways Act 1868. Parliament. Retrieved...

altered (in railway terminology) to Bourne in 1894. This was before the era of the Light Railways Act 1896, which obviated the securing of an Act of Parliament...

Several sections of the Act were later repealed or superseded by other legislation, including the Light Railways Act 1896. Most notably, local authorities...

constructed the Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway and the Alton to Fareham line. Coincidentally in 1896 the Light Railways Act 1896 was passed. This was designed...

Kent and Sanderstead, Surrey. It was authorised in 1928 under the Light Railways Act 1896, but ultimately not constructed. The engineer was to have been...

Bridlington and North Frodingham Light Railway. The act of parliament for this line was granted in 1898 under the Light Railways Act 1896. The line was to have been...

Ponteland Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48). Construction of the line by the North Eastern Railway was...

made on 6 October 1902 for a light railway order under the Light Railways Act 1896, the Bentley and Bordon Light Railway Order 1902, authorising a standard...

permanent way. The passing of the Light Railways Act 1896 prompted local businessmen to consider whether a light railway connection to Selsey could be made...

enactment of the Light Railways Act 1896 encouraged the promoters to persuade the dominant main line railway, the Great Eastern Railway (GER), to participate...

(Stand der Technik). While many of its systems would be governed by Light Railways Act 1896 in the UK it has a different scope so that standard gauge and meter...

were permitted under the Light Railways Act 1896 and intended to bring railways to rural areas. The London Docklands Light Railway, has more rapid transit...

the Light Railways Act 1896, it was operated from the start by the London and South Western Railway. The line then passed on to the Southern Railway in...

Light Railway was formed in 1899, under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48), and construction of the line, by the North Eastern Railway...

under the Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48); but with the task threatening not to be completed before the period specified in the act expired...

for rural areas, mostly planned and built under the 1896 Light Railways Act. His first two railways, the Rye and Camber Tramway and the Hundred of Manhood...

Manifold Valley Light Railway, an independent narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) line built following the legislation of the Light Railways Act 1896 which let...