Act No. 51 / 1964 Coll.
Railway Act
Valid
Effective from 01.04.1964
51
THE LAW
of 26 February 1964
about runways
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
Preliminary provisions
Routes are significantly involved in the development of socialist society and in creating assumptions for a gradual transition to communism. Their safe and regular operation is an important prerequisite for ensuring the development of all other sectors of the national economy and for increasing the standard of living of the population. They are also of great importance for ensuring international economic relations as well as for defending the state.
(1) Railway, tramway, trolleybus and cableway installations, except those which serve only the operational needs within the undertaking (plant), are not enclosed in other runways, as well as transportable and cable lifts.
(2) Routes shall be broken down into national, tug, urban and special destination tracks according to their nature and purpose.
(1) Transport organisations which establish and operate national, urban and special purpose rail installations provide general transport needs according to declared transport conditions (Section 5).
(2) Other organisations which establish and operate railways provide their own operational and transport needs; In order to procure transport needs for other persons or organisations they need authorisation from the railway administration (§ 19). If the organisation operates the runway as an ancillary or auxiliary activity, the competent person responsible for the construction and operation of the runway must be established.
Operation
(1) The basic task of the runways is to implement the state transport plan in cooperation with other modes of transport.
(2) In agreement with the central authorities involved, the Ministry of Transport, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the runways and to ensure proper compliance with the transport needs, issues rules for the access of the runways and timetables and, after consulting them, rules on technical operation and tariffs.
(1) The rules on technical operation lay down the basic conditions for the construction of technical and operational installations for railway installations as well as for rail operations.
(2) The rules on rail contact lay down the basic conditions for the contact between each other and for the relations between the participating organisations resulting therefrom.
(3) The transport schedules shall specify the basic transport conditions and, where appropriate, how the transport plan is to be implemented.
(4) The tariffs lay down detailed transport conditions, the rates for the calculation of fares and charges, the compensation for ancillary operations, the detailed conditions for contact between each other and for relations between the participating organisations resulting therefrom. Tariffs are announced in the Transport and Tariff Bulletin.
(5) Transport regulations shall not apply to the carriage of mail and accompanying staff subject to the conditions laid down by the Ministry of Transport in an agreement with the Central Communications Administration.
(1) An organisation which establishes and operates a runway (hereinafter referred to as the "railway undertaking") is required to organise a runway operation in such a way as to ensure the safety of persons and goods, the economic and timely performance of transport tasks and the appropriate level of travel. The railway undertaking and the carriers are obliged to ensure that the transport takes place with the most economical use of the means of transport.
(2) If the acceleration and economy of transport so require, the railway undertaking shall, together with another transport organisation, establish appropriate conditions for reconciling the activities of both modes of transport where transport passes from one mode of transport to another. In order to make efficient use of the means of transport, the railway undertaking is obliged to carry out, together with the organisation of another mode of transport, combined transport in accordance with the single transport rules.
(1) The railway undertaking shall organise contact with transporters and passengers in an efficient and simple manner and shall issue timetables containing data on the journeys of scheduled trains of passengers and baggage. The timetables must be based on the overall economic and cultural needs of society, on the needs of the various areas, and must suit the aspects of transport efficiency. The procedure for discussing, approving and announcing timetables shall be laid down by the Ministry of Transport in agreement with the Central Council of Trade Unions.
(2) In contact with railway equipment, everyone is obliged to maintain caution appropriate to the nature of the runway operation, to take care of their own safety, to take care of regulations and instructions designed to ensure safety of operation and to refrain from anything that might interfere with or threaten the operation of the runway, the safety of persons and things.
(3) All organisations involved in the carriage of passengers are obliged to take care of the continuous increase in the level of travel.
(1) The Ministry of Transport provides, in the timetables, the rules on access to the routes and tariffs, that a passenger or carrier who has infringed certain provisions of the timetables, the rules on access to the routes or the tariff is obliged to pay a specified amount.
(2) The Ministry of Transport may fix fixed amounts of compensation for minor disturbances in the operation, damage or pollution of railway vehicles and equipment.
Workers of a railway undertaking in uniform or with a service badge shall be entitled to establish the identity of the person who is interfering or threatening the railway operation, property, safety of life or health of persons or who is illegally present in the railway circuit. If necessary, they shall be entitled to detain and surrender such person without undue delay to the public security authorities or to the national rail authorities.
(2) Members of the College shall be entitled to:
h) save and collect fines for offences in block proceedings.
(1) The contact between each other shall not prejudice the performance of the tasks for which the runways have been established. The contact between each other and the resulting relationships between the railway undertakings shall comply with the rules on the access to the railway; shall be adjusted by the connection (tug) contract.
(2) A tow contract is concluded between the national rail and the train; its proposal shall be drawn up by a railway undertaking operating a national track. In the absence of an agreement on the terms of the trawl contract, the Ministry of Transport shall, after consultation with the competent central authority or the Regional National Committee, decide on the arrangements for the relations between the participating railway undertakings at the request of the railway undertaking setting up or operating the tractor; if the tractor does not request a decision from the Ministry of Transport within 30 days of receiving the draft contract, the trawl contract shall be concluded in the version of the proposal drawn up by the railway undertaking operating the national rail (Czechoslovak State Railways).
National track crossings with other runways may be established only outside track level; the exemption may be authorised by the Ministry of Transport.
Rail-surrounding relations
(1) Further development of runways, their safe and smooth operation and the protection of economic and cultural values in the vicinity of the runway require that the runway is not disturbed in its operation and that its construction and operation itself do not jeopardise beyond what is necessary. In the vicinity of the runway, each activity must be carried out in such a way that the construction of the runway or the safety, regularity and integrity of traffic are not jeopardised.
(2) The railway undertaking is obliged to secure the property and its accessories in the railway protection zone before commencing operations on the runway within the limits of technical and economic effectiveness against adverse effects arising from the construction and operation of the runway; in the case of operations with which a fire hazard is associated, the railway undertaking shall establish fire protection in an area specified by the Ministry of Transport. Users of real estate and its accessories are obliged to suffer such security.
(3) After the start of operation, users of buildings, other buildings, equipment and land around the runway shall be required to maintain and use buildings, other buildings, equipment and land in such a condition that the runway and its operation do not jeopardise and restrict its operation; This must also be taken into account in the establishment of new buildings, other buildings and facilities as well as in the planting of forest and permanent agricultural crops around the runway. The need and scope of the measure shall be decided by the District National Committee in agreement with the Administrative Board.
(1) For the protection and operation of national, special purpose, lifts and runways, the railway protection zone is used. The protection zone shall be established by issuing a territorial decision and shall be terminated by a decision to abolish the runway; the scope of the protection zone for each type of runway is determined by the Ministry of Transport.
(2) Only railway structures are allowed to be built in the protection zone. Exemptions are permitted by the railway authority; the builder *) is obliged to carry out the construction and the user keeps it so that the adverse impact of the construction and operation of the railway is excluded.
(1) The railway undertaking is entitled to establish, maintain and operate on real estate in the vicinity of the railway line. Damage caused by the construction, maintenance or operation of the groove lines is due to the damaged compensation; otherwise the railway undertaking shall not compensate for the exercise of this authorisation.
(2) If there is no compensation for damage to the agreement, the district national committee shall decide on the compensation at the request of the injured. The claim shall be exercised by the injured party within 30 days of the date on which it has determined the amount of the damage but no later than 6 months from the date of the damage; otherwise the claim shall cease.
(1) Mining activities in the vicinity of the runway and under the runway are governed by the upper law and regulations issued for its implementation. In the vicinity of the runway and below the runway, the mining activity (e.g. fuses, quarries, breaks, oil wells) must be planned and modified in such a way that the operation of the runway is not jeopardised.
(2) In order to ensure safe and smooth operation on the runway at points of conflict of interest with mining activities, the Ministry of Transport and the Central Mining Authority shall issue, in agreement with the central authorities in whose jurisdiction the mining activities are carried out, rules on the access to the mining activities.
(1) In contact with other roads, lines and waters, safe and smooth operation of the runway and other roads, lines and waters must be ensured.
(2) If the line is directly on the track body, the user (owner) of the track is obliged, if the construction or operation of the track so requires, to adapt it to the technical conditions of the track operation by adjusting, transferring or removing the line.
(1) The crossing of the infrastructure with the runways is established, extended or otherwise modified and ensured by the one in whose interest this is taking place. Road crossing with national tracks and trawls is generally established outside track level.
(2) Road crossing with railway tracks at track level (crossings, crossings, "crossings") is marked and ensured as necessary.
(3) The operation of the track takes precedence over other operations at marked crossings.
(1) Urban railways may use infrastructure. In such cases, rail traffic at track level shall not be marked or secured.
(2) If the urban transport route uses road communication with road vehicles, road traffic rules apply to its operation.
Scope of administration
State administration in railway matters under this law is carried out by railway administrations. The railway administration is the Federal Ministry of Transport, the central authority of the Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic and the Regional National Committees for the urban and special purpose railways. The Federal Ministry of Transport may entrust the authorities of its subordinate organisations with the performance of the tasks of the railway administration.
(1) State expert rail supervision is carried out by the railway administration. That authority shall monitor whether the safety and continuity of the runway operation is ensured and whether the conditions laid down by the legislation on railway traffic are maintained.
(2) State expert technical supervision on railways is the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Transport, which may delegate its performance to the authorities of its subordinate organisations. The authority of the state technical supervision on the railways shall monitor whether cableway installations and other technical installations designated by the Federal Ministry of Transport in agreement with the Czech Labour Safety Authority and the Slovak Labour Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as "designated technical installations') are fit to ensure safe and smooth operation.
(3) In the case of the activity referred to in paragraph 2, the national technical surveillance authority
(a) verify the competence of designated technical equipment in the design, production and operation of organisations managed by the Federal Ministry of Transport as well as of manufacturers, operators and users of such equipment subject to national technical supervision on railway lines and certify that designated technical equipment imported for organisations managed by the Federal Ministry of Transport complies with the requirements laid down for such facilities;
(b) verify that organisations managed by the Federal Ministry of Transport, as well as operators and users of equipment subject to state technical supervision, are competent for the manufacture, assembly, repair, maintenance and revision of designated technical equipment and give them the relevant certificates;
(c) further verify the competence of personnel to carry out tests, revisions, operation and maintenance of the designated technical equipment and issue a certificate thereof;
(d) evaluate the technical level of welding, manage teaching and give appropriate authorisations for the welding of rolling stock and dedicated rolling stock in transport;
(e) be responsible for the professional level of welding tests carried out at transport training centres;
(f) records serious disturbances (accidents) in designated technical installations and accidents involving the operation of such installations;
(g) assess, register and archive documentation of designated technical equipment;
(h) express the competence of the designated technical equipment to operate.
(3) Railway undertakings, designers and manufacturers of railway vehicles and equipment are required to provide the authorities with the necessary supporting documents and explanations (paragraphs 1 and 2), submit the projects and allow the testing of the technical equipment under their supervision. railway undertakings are also obliged to allow the authorities of the State to move within the perimeter of the railway and transport by rail.
(4) In carrying out supervision, the national supervisory authorities shall rely on the experience and initiative of the workers and shall cooperate in particular with the ROH supervisory authorities and other social organisations; for railways operated by a mining undertaking, supervise in agreement with the authorities of the State Mining Administration.
(5) The rights of ROH authorities exercising safety and health surveillance at work are without prejudice to those provisions.
(1) The railway authority shall also be entitled to detect sources of danger, damage or interference of the line operation, line telecommunications and line protection; while maintaining the operational and safety rules applicable to such equipment as well as to the objects in which those facilities are located. The railway authority shall be entitled to issue an instruction to remedy the defect. If the operator of the jamming device does not comply with this instruction, the railway authority shall, after consulting the competent authority of the jamming operator, issue a decision on its decommissioning.
(2) Organisations responsible for damage to the groove lines, in particular to the groove protection device in underground cables, are required to pay a fine in addition to compensation for damage caused or, where appropriate, the fixed amount of compensation for damage to the groove lines (Section 8).
(3) A fine of up to 50 000, - Kčs may be imposed for damage to the line cable in the track protection zone, for damage to a cable located outside the track protection zone, of up to 10 000, - Kčs.
(4) The fines shall be imposed by the railway authority; the procedure for imposing the fine may be initiated within one year of the date on which it became aware of the damage to the groove cable but no later than three years after the damage to the groove cable.
(5) The fines apply to the federal budget of the Federation through the Federal Ministry of Transport. The fines imposed by the Regional National Committee are the budget revenue of the Republic.
(1) The railway undertaking is obliged to take care of the interests of the State's defence when constructing and operating the railway. In the construction of runways, the military administration cooperates, which also monitors the state's defence security status, performance and arrangement of runway operations and applies the resulting requirements.
(2) The railway undertaking shall carry the armed forces, their members and consignments designated as military under the conditions laid down by the Ministry of Transport in agreement with the competent central authority.
Construction, approval and cancellation of runways
(1) The construction of the runways, together with the construction of other modes of transport, is intended to monitor, in economic efficiency, the smooth satisfaction of the growing needs of the company, the need for State defence and the technical development of transport; it is necessary to monitor whether the transport needs cannot be met more effectively by another mode of transport.
(2) In the case of railway construction and railway construction, the construction procedure is carried out, the building permit is issued and the state building supervision is exercised by the railway administration; in the building permit, the railway administration also includes decisions of the military administration and other bodies which have carried out the procedure together with the construction procedure.
(3) Railway structures are structures and equipment which extend, supplement, modify or secure the runway and its operation, as well as all structures and equipment within the track perimeter.
(4) The track circuit is a territory intended to operate the runway; the scope of the perimeter for each type of runway is determined by the Ministry of Transport.
(5) The rules of technical operation shall be maintained when constructing the runways; for railway construction, the Ministry of Transport may provide for derogations.
(1) The operation on the runway may be initiated after the start-up permit (use permit) has been issued, provided that the conditions for safe and smooth operation are met, in particular the control measures for the protection of extra-modelled electrical lines, detailed (first) inspections, or load tests for bridges, for runways with electric traffic, are tested to ensure the vicinity of the runway against the harmful effects of the current and for runways with which the fire hazard is associated, to ensure the vicinity of the runway against fire risk.
(2) The authorisation to commence operations is issued by the railway administration after the approval procedure has been carried out. In the approval procedure, the railway authority shall determine whether the runway is built according to the approved project documentation and the building permit and ensures safe and smooth operation.
(3) Only auxiliary operations may be carried out on the runway with the consent of the railway administration prior to the authorisation to commence operations.
Where the nature of the runway needs to be changed, the railway authority shall decide on its reclassification in agreement with the military administration; Where two administrative departments are competent, the Ministry of Transport shall decide in agreement with the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of National Defence.
(1) If transport needs are permanently lost, or if they can be procured more economically by another mode of transport, the runway is cancelled. The runway shall also be cancelled if this is justified by other important general interests. The railway authority shall decide to revoke the runway in agreement with the military administration; if it decides as a railway administrative body the Ministry of Transport does so in agreement with the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of National Defence.
(2) The district national committee decides on the termination of the runway, in the case of national railways and lifts in agreement with the military administration and the railway administration.
(3) Operation on the runway may be stopped or restricted if this is justified by important general interests. When operations are stopped on the track, the procedure referred to in paragraph 1 shall be followed mutatis mutandis.
Railway vehicles
(1) Only transport safety vehicles may be used in the operation of the runways. The new railway vehicles shall comply with the progressive focus of the technique, the safety and hygiene requirements of the work and the vehicles serving passenger transport as well as the culture of travel. The construction of new vehicles shall comply with the requirements of the long-term development of transport and the economy of rail traffic, shall comply with the requirements of characterisation, unification and standardisation as well as those resulting from international arrangements.
(2) Railway vehicles shall be built according to technical conditions for the construction and manufacture of railway vehicles approved by the Ministry of Transport in agreement with the Ministry of National Defence and as regards health and safety at work with the Central Board of Trade Unions. The new types of train vehicles to be used on national, urban and railway tracks, their projects, mass production and imports are approved by the Ministry of Transport, not by the vehicles of the urban rail, in agreement with the Ministry of National Defence. The construction of freight wagons is also intended to enable the mechanisation of loading and unloading work and the automation of sorting work and to guarantee the safety of workers in the performance of such work.
(3) These provisions shall also apply to substantial changes in train vehicles as well as to special track-side mechanisation equipment.
(1) Drive vehicles and special track-side mechanisation devices must be tested before being put into service; The Ministry of Transport shall determine which driving vehicles with less power and less permitted speed and which special track-side mechanisation equipment need not be tested. Vehicles towed shall be tested for passenger transport and freight wagons with special or mechanical equipment.
(2) The Ministry of Transport shall carry out tests at the request of the railway undertaking for national runways, lifts and cable lifts, for other runways, for the Regional National Committee.
Final provisions
(1) Save as otherwise provided for in this Act, provisions on construction, roads, mining, telecommunications, electricity and gas, heat, fuel and oil, on the protection of the agricultural land fund, forests and water management apply in the construction and adaptation of the installations and their relationship to the surroundings.
(2) Paragraph 9 (6), (7) and (8) of Act No. 110 / 1964 Coll., on Telecommunications, does not apply to railway lines, namely line-to-line and track-side signalling equipment, unless they are themselves a source of threat, damage or interference to the single telecommunications network or other telecommunications equipment.
The Ministry of Transport will issue more detailed regulations for the implementation of this Act in agreement with the competent central authorities.
They shall be deleted:
1. Regulation No 253 / 1942 Coll., establishing the Railway Construction and Operating Regulations;
2. Act No. 97 / 1950 Coll., on Railways;
3rd Government Decree No. 37 / 1951 Coll., on the Construction and Operation of Railways, as amended by Government Decree No. 38 / 1954 Coll.;
4. the Transport Minister Order No. 50 / 1951 Coll., on the approval and publication of railway tariffs;
5. Decree No 108 / 1952 of the Ú. l., on the protection of the railway from harmful activities in its vicinity, on expropriation and on contact between the audience and the rail;
6th Decree No 87 / 1955 of the Ú. l., on the protection of railway traffic;
7th Decree No 235 / 1959 of the Ú. l., on the abolition of lifts.
The Act shall take effect on 1 April 1964.
Novotný v. r.
Fierlinger v. r.
Lenárt v. r.
*) Investor.
Sign in for notes, favorites and notifications
Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 51 / 1964 Coll., on Railways |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 10.03.1964 |
|---|---|
| Effective from | 01.04.1964 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
Comments 0