Rail Management Act 1996
38GPrinciple of passenger priority
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38G Principle of passenger priority
(1) The principle of passenger priority is the giving of priority to the provision of rail transport services to passenger service users over the provision of rail transport services to other users.
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Rail access guidelines may include guidelines about how the principle of passenger priority may be implemented.
other users means users of rail transport services who use those services to provide freight services and other transport services (other than passenger services);
passenger service users means users of rail transport services who use those services to provide passenger services.