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Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: BigBazz45 Date: December 6, 2025, 8:42 am
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Thanks to an eagle-eyed poster on another forum, it's been
spotted that an updated version of the Railway Byelaws is due to
come into effect on 26/12/2025.
The relevant Statutory Instrument can be found here.
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1258/made
There are two material changes: An explicit ban on E-cigarettes
and the splitting of Byelaw 14 (relating to parking) into
separate Byelaws for England & Wales, and Scotland.
Byelaw 14A (relating to England and Wales) reads as follows:
[QUOTE]Traffic signs, causing obstructions and parking in
England and Wales
(1) This Byelaw applies only in England and Wales.
(2) No person in charge of any motor vehicle, bicycle or other
conveyance shall use it on any part of the railway in
contravention of any traffic sign.
(3) No person in charge of any motor vehicle, bicycle or other
conveyance shall leave or place it on any part of the railway:
(i)in any manner or place where it may cause an obstruction or
hinderance to an Operator or any person using the railway; or
(ii)otherwise than in accordance with any instructions issued by
or on behalf of an Operator or an authorised person.
(4) Any motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance used, left or
placed in breach of Byelaw 14A(2) or (3) may be removed and
stored, by or under the direction of an Operator or authorised
person.
(5) A motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance may also be
removed and stored, by or under the direction of an Operator or
authorised person if such Operator or authorised person
reasonably believes doing so is necessary:
(i)to deal with an emergency;
(ii)to allow access to persons or vehicles to enable maintenance
of the railway to be carried out; or
(iii)to enable the safe and efficient operation of the railway.
(6) In this Byelaw:
(i)a traffic sign does not include an object or device for
conveying the rules of a contractual parking scheme; and
(ii)an instruction does not include any instruction conveying
the rules of a contractual parking scheme.[/quote]
Part 6 is new and appears to be an attempt to extend PoFA
Schedule 4 to railway land.
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: DWMB2 Date: December 7, 2025, 4:06 am
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I'd be interested to hear other views but I'm not sure that
would achieve the objective of making railway land "relevant
land" for PoFA.
Parking would still appear to be subject to statutory control by
virtue of the other byelaws...
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: roythebus Date: December 7, 2025, 6:19 am
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It's worth clicking the link to read the notes.
Byelaw 14A(5) adds to the circumstances when a vehicle can be
removed and stored in England and Wales by including
circumstances in which the vehicle owner may not be at fault but
the vehicle nevertheless needs to be moved. Byelaw 14B maintains
the current regime in relation to Scotland. "The railway" has
always had the right to access premies adjoining the railway in
emergencies and during planned maintenance. This amendment seems
to extend to car parks now, ost of which are actually on railway
land.
I feel a bit more informed discussion on this matter is
required. It will be a long time before the parking crooks
change all their signs.
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: PallasAthena Date: December 7, 2025, 11:00 am
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Also in the Explanatory Note:
"Bylaw 14A, which applies in England and Wales, clarifies that
that these Byelaws do not impose liability for station car
parking which are subject to a contractual arrangement."
"Clarifies" suggests that a substantive change is not intended
but that may not be the case.
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: WakkaWakka Date: December 10, 2025, 9:16 am
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HTML https://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/98511/Pdf?subType=Standard
The above Explanatory Memorandum (THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOMS ACT
2012 (DEFINITION OF RELEVANT LAND) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2025) makes
it clear that the intention is to make Railway carparks relevant
land for the purposes of POFA:
[quote]5.2 Schedule 4 to POFA facilitates the recovery of unpaid
car parking charges from the keeper or hirer of a vehicle parked
in private car parks and sets out detailed requirements
regarding the provision of notices and the appeals process, but
railway car parks are currently excluded from this regime.
5.3 This order will extend the application of the regime set out
in Schedule 4 to POFA so that it will apply to the recovery of
unpaid car parking charges from the keeper of a vehicle parked
in station car parks. This will make the mechanisms applying to
the recovery of unpaid car parking charges in station car parks
consistent with those generally applying to private car parks
with a view to aiding the understanding of the applicable rules
by both users and managers of station car parks[/quote]
Obviously the efficient and well-run PPCs will update their
Railway carpark signage to remove references to Byelaws and make
sure that the contractual arrangements they attempt to hold
people to are crystal clear. Right?
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: roythebus Date: December 10, 2025, 5:24 pm
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I'm now wondering if the same sort of amendment will apply to
other authorities governed by bye-laws such as airports.
Meanwhile it'll take quite a while to change every station car
park sign in the country.
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: DWMB2 Date: December 11, 2025, 2:39 am
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[quote] I'm now wondering if the same sort of amendment will
apply to other authorities governed by bye-laws such as airports
[/quote]
Not unless they make another amendment
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: roythebus Date: December 11, 2025, 8:48 am
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Of course, but it might give the government ideas. I suppose now
the government runs the railway (or will do in the near future)
they won't want the hassle of going to magistrates over parking
offences. There's a shortage of judges don't you know.
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: Nosy Parker Date: December 13, 2025, 7:05 am
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As well as failing to change the position with regard to
airports, ports and council car parks, the amendment has no
effect at any Transport for London (TfL) car park. TfL is the
station operator for more than 70 Tube and other stations in and
around London. TfL has appointed Saba Park Services UK Limited
to operate the station car parks on its behalf, so these car
parks will remain excluded from the POFA definition of 'relevant
land' because TfL is defined as a 'traffic authority' in POFA
3(2)(c). Saba is aware of this but purports to issue POFA
notices because the legal title to the station car parks is held
by a wholly owned and controlled TfL subsidiary rather than by
TfL directly. However, TfL has confirmed to me in a FOI
response that all the following stations are locations where TfL
has appointed Saba Park Services UK Limited to operate the car
park on behalf of TfL (a point reinforced by the prefix TFL on
all PCNs issued by Saba at these sites):
Barkingside
Brent Cross
Brentwood
Buckhurst Hill
Burnham
Bush Hill Park
Bushey
Canons Park
Chalfont & Latimer
Chesham
Chingford
Chorleywood
Cockfosters
Croxley
Crystal Palace
Debden
East Finchley
Eastcote
Epping
Fairlop
Finchley Central
Forest Hill
Gidea Park
Greenford
Hainault
Harold Wood
Harrow and Wealdstone
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Hatch End
Hatton Cross
Hayes and Harlington
High Barnet
Highams Park
Highgate
Hillingdon
Hornchurch
Hounslow East
Hounslow West
Ickenham
Langley
Leytonstone
Loughton
Mill Hill East
Moor Park
Morden
Newbury Park
North Ealing
North Greenwich
Northwood
Norwood Junction
Oakwood
Osterley
Penge West
Perivale
Queensbury
Rayners Lane
Redbridge
Ruislip
Ruislip Gardens
South Harrow
South Ruislip
South Woodford
Stanmore
Sudbury Town
Taplow
Theobalds Grove
Theydon Bois
Totteridge & Whetstone
Turkey Street
Walthamstow Central
Wanstead
Watford
West Drayton
Woodford
Woodside Park
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Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
By: PallasAthena Date: December 13, 2025, 7:33 am
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"Saba is aware of this but purports to issue POFA notices
because the legal title to the station car parks is held by a
wholly owned and controlled TfL subsidiary rather than by TfL
directly".
Ownership of legal title is surely irrelevant as POFA Sch 4
section 3 (1) (b) says [my bold]
"a parking place which is provided or controlled by a traffic
authority"
"provided or controlled", not owned.
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