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RAILWAYS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 - SECT 14

Limiting deviations from gradients, curves, &c.

14. It shall not be lawful for the company to deviate from or alter the
gradients, curves, tunnels, or other engineering works described in the said
plan or section, except within the following limits, and under the following
conditions; (that is to say,)

Subject to the above provisions in regard to altering levels, it shall be
lawful for the company to diminish the inclination or gradients of the railway
to any extent, and to increase the said inclination or gradients as follows;
(that is to say,) in gradients of an inclination not exceeding one in a
hundred, to any extent not exceeding ten feet per mile, or to any further
extent which shall be certified by the Board of Trade to be consistent with
the public safety, and not prejudicial to the public interest; and in
gradients of or exceeding the inclination of one in a hundred, to any extent
not exceeding three feet per mile, or to any further extent which shall be so
certified by the Board of Trade as aforesaid:

It shall be lawful for the company to diminish the radius of any curve
described in the said plan to any extent which shall leave a radius of not
less than half a mile, or to any further extent authorized by such certificate
as aforesaid from the Board of Trade:

It shall be lawful for the company to make a tunnel, not marked on the said
plan or section, instead of a cutting, or a viaduct instead of a solid
embankment, if authorized by such certificate as aforesaid from the Board of
Trade.

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