{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-ashton-under-lyne-extension-order-1998/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-ashton-under-lyne-extension-order-1998/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1936",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Ashton-under-Lyne Extension) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-ashton-under-lyne-extension-order-1998",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Mode of construction and operation of transit system",
  "text": "(1) The authorised transit system shall be operated by electricity or, in an emergency or for the purposes of maintenance, by diesel power or other means.\n(2) The authorised transit system shall be constructed on a gauge of 1,435 millimetres.\n(3) Except with the consent of the street authority (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) the authorised street tramway (other than any reserved track tramway) shall be so constructed and maintained as to ensure that the uppermost surface of the rails is level with the surrounding surfaces of the street in which it is laid.\n(4) In constructing stations and stopping places for the purposes of the authorised transit system the undertaker shall make provision, in so far as it is in the circumstances both practicable and reasonable and without prejudice to any requirement having effect under or by virtue of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, for the needs of those members of the public using the authorised transit system whose mobility is impaired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1936/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:45.961866+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}