Railways Act 2005

37 (1) Section 83(1) of the 1993 Act (expressions defined for the purposes of that Act, Part 4 of the 2000 Act and this Act) is amended as follows.

(2) After the definition of “closure consent” insert—

““cross-border service” means a railway passenger service starting either in England and Wales or in Scotland and ending, or otherwise making at least one scheduled call, in the other;”.

(3) After the definition of “rolling stock” insert—

““scheduled call”, in relation to a service or journey, means a scheduled stop at a station for the purpose of allowing passengers to join or leave the service or train (including the stops where the service or journey starts and ends);

“Scotland-only service” means a railway passenger service which starts and ends in Scotland and is not a cross-border service;

“Scottish franchise agreement” means a franchise agreement the franchised services under which—

(a) consist of or include Scotland-only services; and

(b) so far as they include other services, include only cross-border services designated by the Scottish Ministers;”.