The Foxfield Light Railway Order 1995

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 The existing railway

The existing railway of the Society in the District of Staffordshire Moorlands in the County of Staffordshire consisting of the main line of the said railway (4,900 metres in length), which commences at a point (reference point SJ 953 415) 10 metres from the site of the former junction between the said railway and the Stoke to Derby line of the British Railways Board in the parish of Forsbrook, extends through the parish of Caverswall and terminates in the parish of Dilhorne at a point (reference point SJ 976 447) on the south side of the track leading from Dilhorne Road to Foxfield Wood (the site of the former Foxfield Colliery) together with the engine release siding (220 metres in length) at Blythe Bridge which commences at a junction with the main line of the said existing railway of the Society 210 metres from its point of commencement, extends in a generally northerly direction and terminates at reference point SJ 951 418.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 2 The former railway

So much of the colliery railway within the site of the former Foxfield Colliery (250 metres in length) in the parish of Dilhorne in the District of Staffordshire Moorlands in the County of Staffordshire as commences at the point of termination of the existing railway, extends thence in a southerly direction and terminates at reference point SJ 976 446.

Article 6

SCHEDULE 3 PARTICULARS OF LEVEL CROSSINGS

PART I—CROSSINGS OF FOOTPATHS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Footpath	Parish	Location of Crossing
N.B. The numbers of footpaths given in column (1) are the numbers of such footpaths given on the definitive map and in the statement for the relevant area prepared in accordance with section 53(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1)
Footpath 33	Caverswall	400 metres south of the junction of Footpath 33 with Caverswall Road.
Footpath 34 (on the north side of the railway) and Footpath 3 (on the south side of the railway)	Caverswall (on the north side of the railway) and Forsbrook (on the south side of the railway)	Adjacent to the Caverswall Road signal box at the point where the parish boundary intersects the railway.
Footpath O.1647	Forsbrook	50 metres to the west of a house or farm known as Cashheath.
Footpath 12 (on the west side of the railway) and Footpath 21 (on the east side of the railway)	Dilhorne (on the west side of the railway) and Forsbrook (on the east side of the railway)	200 metres south of the house or farm known as Creswellford at a point where the parish boundary intersects the railway.
Footpath 1	Dilhorne	50 metres to the east of Tickhill Lane.
Footpath 24	Dilhorne	200 metres to the west of a house or farm known as Blakeleybank.
Footpath 9	Dilhorne	10 metres to the south of Dilhorne Wood.

PART II—CROSSING OF PUBLIC CARRIAGE ROAD

(1)	(2)	(3)
Descripton of road	Parish	Location of Crossing
Unclassified road from Caverswall to Dilhorne.	Dilhorne	100 metres east of the Cresswellford farm house.

Article 6(4)

SCHEDULE 4 Conditions and requirements as to Caverswall to Dilhorne road crossing

1.  The Society shall erect and at all times maintain good and sufficient gates across the existing railway at each side of the highway at the crossing of the highway and in connection with such level crossing the following provisions shall apply:

(a) such gates and any relevant safety equipment shall be erected, maintained and operated in such manner as the Secretary of State may require;

(b) such gates shall be kept constantly closed and locked across the railway and the protecting signals set constantly to Danger except during the time when engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles passing along the railway shall have occasion to cross the highway (when such gates shall be closed across the highway) and such gates shall be of such dimensions and so constructed as when closed across the railway or across the highway to fence in the railway sufficiently;

(c) the Society shall unless otherwise permitted by the Secretary of State in writing arrange for one or more proper persons to open and close the gates and the gates shall be manned during all such times as they are closed across the highway;

(d) on the approach of any engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles to the level crossing such gates shall be closed and locked across the highway before the protecting signals are set to Clear;

(e) after any engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles which are passing along the rising gradient of the railway at the level crossing have crossed the highway the gates shall be kept closed and locked across the highway until such engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles have cleared the summit of that gradient.

2.  The Society shall provide, maintain and operate at the level crossing such lights, traffic signs and other devices and appliances as the Secretary of State may from time to time require.

(1)

1981 c. 69.