GWR rule book index
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Rules and Regulations (1905)
"For the guidance of the officers and men"

The following links are to the rules and regulations which came into force on 1st January 1905.

General Rules and Regulations (Rules 1 - 27)

Signals (Rules 28 - 49)
Signals (Rules 50 - 69)
Signals (Rules 70 - 86)

Station Yard Working (Rules 87 - 89)

Control and Working of Stations (Rules 90 - 115)

Working of Level Crossings (Rules 116 - 124)

Train Signals (Rules 125 - 131)

Working of Trains (Rules 132 - 164)
Working of Trains (Rules 165 - 185)
Working of Trains (Rules 186 - 216)

Trains stopped by Accident, Failure, or Obstruction (Rules 217 - 220)
Trains stopped by Accident, Failure, or Obstruction (Rules 221 - 226)

Working Traffic of a Double Line over a Single Line of Rails during Repairs or Obstruction (Rules 227 - 239)

Permanent Way and Works (Rules 240 - 253)
Permanent Way and Works (Rules 254 - 278)


Conveyance by goods trains of Explosives and Dangerous Goods (Rule 279)

Uniform Time (Rules 280 & 281)
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