Great Western Railway Act 1872
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1872 c. cxxix |
| Year | 1872 |
CHAPTER
cxxix.
An
Act
for
conferring fiirtlicr
powers
on
the Cheat \Vcstern
12lailwny
Conipnny
iii
relntioii
to
their
owii
iiiidertaking
ailcl
the niidcrtakiiigs
of
other
Companies
;
niid
for
other
purposes.
[lStli
July
1872.1
4REAS
it
is expedient that
tlic
Grcat Western Railway
empowered
to
make the railways by this Act authorised, and (in
connexion mith
tlie
railway at New Milford by this Act authorised)
to iiiake
a
graving clock and
a
road communicating thcremitli, and
that such ai*raagements with thc Lord IIigh Admiral of the United
ICingclom,
or
tlie Comniissioners for executing the office
of
Lord
High Adniiral (in tliis Act called
“
tlie Admiralty
”),
aiid
the Great
Eastern Steam Sliip Company (Limited), or other the owners
of
the Great
Eastern
Steam Sliip (iii this Act called
“
thc ship com-
pany
”),
in respect
of
tlic said clock ancl
the
use
thereof,
as
are by
this Act provided should
be
authorisecl
:
And nrlicreas
it
is cxpcdient that the Company
shonld
be
em-
WIIC
Company (in this Act called “the Company
”)
should
be
AD.
1872.
Xew rail-
ways,
grav-
ing
dock,
&c.
Other
works
powered
to
execute the other works by this Act authorised,
and
~~~:~~il;ds.
to acquire, for the general pui*poscs
of
their undertaking
and
for
providing increased accominodation, certain
lands,
houses, aiid build-
ings
in this Act described or referred
to
:
And whereas by tlie Great Western Railmy (Various Powers)
Eew
rail-
Act,
lS67,
(in this Act called “the Company’s Act
of
1867,”)
tlie
ways
alterations
and
Conipany
and
the Rhymney Railvay Company (in this Act called
(c0111pauy
‘‘
the Rliymney Company
”)
were jointly empornrered to
make
and
nll~m-
maintain three railways in tlie county
of
Glamorgan, which railways
pany).
were therein designatcd by the
Nos.
1,
2,
and
3,
and
are in this Act
referred
to
respcctivcly
as
Railways
Nos.
1,
2,
and
3
of
the
Csm-
pany’s Act
of
1867
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that the said
two
companies
should
be empowered jointly to make certain alterations
in the lines and levcls of bhose railvays,
and
to
make and maintain
other railways in coniicxion thercwitli,
and
that tlicy should
also
be
iiey
Com-
[LOCCCZ.-~2S.]
A
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[Ch.
cxxix.]
Great
Wester%
Railway
Act,
1872.
[36
&
36
VICT.]
empowered to acquire for purposes conncctcd with tlic said Railway
NO.
1
the lands, houses, and buildings in this Act described or
referred to in that behalf:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of
the railways and other works by this Act authorised
to
be con-
structed, and the lands by this Act authorised to be acquired, with
books of reference
to
those plans, have been deposited with tlic
clerks of the peace for the several counties within which those
works will be constructed and those lands are situated, which plans,
sections, and books of reference are in this Act referred
to
as the
deposited plans, sections, and books of reference respectively
:
And whereas the construction of the railway authorised by
the West Midland Railway Additional Works Act, 1862,
(in
this
Act called
(‘
the West Midland Act
of
1862,”) and therein designated
by the
No,
3,
(which railway is in this Act called
‘(
Railway
No.
3
of
the West Midland Act
of
1862,”) has been found unnecessary,
and
it
is expedient that the Company should be empowered to
abandon
the
same
:
And whereas the construction by the Company and the Rhymney
Company of the deviation railway by this Act authorised to be
A.D.
1872,
-
Deposit
of
plans,
&e.
Abandon-
ment
of
Rail-
way
No.
3
of
West
Mid-
land Act
of
1862.
Abandon-
ment
of
por-
tion
of
Rail-
way
NO.
2
Of
the
pany’s Act
of
1867.
consiructed by them will render unnecessary the construction of
a
portion of Railway
No.
2
of
the Company’s Act of 1867 by that
Act authorised
to
be constructed by those two companies, and
it
is
expedient that they should be authorised
to
abandon the construc-
tion of
so
much
of
the last-mentioned railway as will
so
become
unnecessary
:
Extension
of
And whereas
it
is expedient that the powers by the Great Western
time
Railway (Further Powers) Act, 1866, (in this Act called
“
the Com-
ways
Nos.
3
and
4
of
Act
pany’s
Act of 1866,”) conferred
upon
the Company
for
the corn-
of1866).
pulsory purchase of lands for the purposes of the two railways
by that Act authorised, which are therein designated by the
Nos.
3
and
4,
and are in this Act called the Railways
Nos.
3
and
4
of
the
Company’s Act of 1866, should be revived, and that the period by
the Great Western Railway Act, 1869, (in this Act called “the
Company’s Act
of
1869,”) limited for the completion of those
railways should be extended and enlarged
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the period limited by the Great
“
the Company’s Act
of
1868,”) for the completion
of
the railway (in this Act referred
to
as
‘(the Severn Valley and West Midland Junction Railway
”)
Junction).
authorised by the West Midland and Severn Valley Companies Act,
Extension
of
1861, should be extended and enlarged
:
time
And whereas
it
is expedient that the time limited by the
Corn-
way
No.
1
of
West
&lid-
pany’s Act of 1869
for
the construction
of
the railway authorised by
land Act
of
the West Midland Act of 1862, wliich railway is therein designated
1862).
Extensicn
of
time (Se-
vern
Valley
and
West
2
by the
No.
1,
and
is
in this Act callcd tlic Railway
No.
i
of
the
ASD.
1s72.
Extension
of
West Miclland Act
of
1868,
should
l~c
extended
and
enlarged
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that the time limited by the
Corn-
time. Rail-
pany’s Act of 1867 for the construction by the Company and the
ways
1,2,
&
Rhymney Conipany
of
the Railways
Nos.
1,
2,
and
3
of
that Act
1867
(corn-
should
be
extended and enlarged
:
Ancl whereas by the Company’s Act
of
1867 the Company,
or
company).
thc Company
and
the
Taff
Vale Railway Company (in this Act
Extellsion
of
called
“
the Taff Company
”)
jointly,
or
thc
Taff
Company with the
time. Rail-
way
No.
8
consent
of
the Company, were crnpomerod
to
make and maintain the
ofAct of
railway in the county
of
Glamorgan desigiiated in that Act
as
1867
(Corn-
Railway
No.
8,
and
in
this Act referred to as Railway
No.
8
of the
yazlt:-
Company’s Act of
1867
;
aiid
it
is cxpcclient that tlic powers by that
Act conferred upon tlie two conipanics for the compulsory purchase
of lands for the purposes
of
that railway should be revived,
and
that
the period by that Act limited for the complctioiz of that railway
sliould be extended and enlarged
:
the Company of certain lands acquired by them for the purposes
of
lands.
their undertaking should be extended,
aiid
that further powers
sliould be confcrred upon the Coiiipany in respcct of the sale, leasc,
or other disposal of those lands
:
c_
3
OF
Act
of
pany and
Rhy
mney
And whercas
it
is expedient that the time limited for tlie salc by
Superfluous
And whereas by the Walliagford and Watlington Railway Act,
Wallingford
lS64,
a
company was incorporated for the purpose
of
making
and
ton
Railway
Watling-
railways from the Company’s railway
to
Wallingford
in
the county
vesting.
of
Berks aiid Watlington in the county
of
Oxford, with power to the
Wallingford and Watlingtoii Railway Company (in this Act called
cc
the Wallingford Company
”)
and the Company
to
malic working
and traffic agreements,
and
the Walliiigford Railway is
now
worked
by the Company
;
and
it
is
expedient that the undertaking of the
Wallingford Company should be transferred
to
and
vested in the
Company
:
And whereas by tlie West Midland and Severn Valley Railways
Severn
Val-
Act, 1862, (in this Act called
‘(
the West Midland and Severn Valley
ICY
Railkray*
Act
of
1862,”) provision
was
made for the purchase
of
the under-
taking of the Severn Valley Railway Company (in this Act called
“the Severn Valley Company
”)
by tlie West Midland Railway
Company
;
Act called
“
thc Coiiipany’s Act
of
1870,”)
the Colupany were
empowerecl, for the purpose
of
cffecting the said purchase and of
carrying
out
the provisions of that Act, to create and issue joint
rentcharge and other stocks, and the said purchase
has
been effected
;
and
it
is expedient that further provision should
bc
made with
respcct to the exercise by the Company of the powers
of
tlic Severn
Valley Company and the substitution of consolidated preference
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