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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-high-speed-regulations-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1166",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Interoperability) (High-Speed) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-high-speed-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Infrastructure",
  "text": "(a) The infrastructure of the trans-European high-speed rail system shall be that on the lines of the trans-European transport network identified in the framework of the guidelines referred to in Article 129c of the Treaty :\nthose specially built for high-speed travel,\nthose specially upgraded for high-speed travel.\nThey may include connecting lines, in particular junctions of new lines or lines upgraded for high-speed with town centre stations located on them, on which speeds must take account of local conditions.\n(b) High-speed lines shall comprise:\nspecially built high-speed lines equipped for speeds generally equal to or greater than 250 km/h,\nspecially upgraded high-speed lines equipped for speeds of the order of 200 km/h,\nspecially upgraded high-speed lines which have special features as a result of topographical, relief or town-planning constraints, on which the speed must be adapted to each case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This is a reference to the Treaty establishing the European Community, now Article 155 of the consolidated version of the Treaty. The lines comprising the trans-European network are identified in Schedule 8 to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1166/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:59:32.387166+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."
}