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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the grant of exemptions from the closure provisions of the Railways Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”) in relation to the construction of the proposed Croydon Tramlink light rail system.

Article 3 provides that sections 37, 39 and 41 of the 1993 Act (closure of non-franchised passenger services, operational passenger networks and facilities) are not to apply to specified railway passenger services, networks, and stations.