# The Merseyrail Electrics Network Order 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order relates to the Merseyrail Electrics railway network (“the network”).
Article 3 exempts railway passenger services provided exclusively on the network from the requirement in section 23 of the Railways Act 1993 to be subject to franchise agreements; and article 4 disapplies, in relation to the network, the following sections of that Act—
section 37 which regulates the discontinuance of non-franchised and other railway passenger services;
section 39 which regulates the closure of operational passenger networks; and
section 41 which regulates the closure of stations and light maintenance depots used in connection with railway passenger services.
Article 5 applies to the network the provisions of Schedule 5 to the 1993 Act, which establishes an alternative procedure for regulating the discontinuance of railway passenger services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1946/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merseyrail-electrics-network-order-2002/note
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