Peak Tramway.
(b) A Type A carriage is a carriage of net unladen weight of not less than 140 cwt. nor more than 155 cwt. A Type B carriage is a carriage of net unladen weight of not less than 130 cwt., nor more than 140 cwt. (c) The maximum permitted number of passengers to be carried on a Type A carriage shall not exceed 55, and on a Type B carriage, 62.
(2) In reckoning the number of passengers two children under the age of 12 years, not being babies in arms, shall count as one passenger, and babies in arms shall not be counted.
(3) In addition to the passengers each passenger carriage may carry one brakesman, one ticket collector and one ticket inspector.
(4) Any servant of the company, other than those specified in paragraph (3), when travelling on a passenger carriage must be counted as a passenger for the purpose of this rule.
5. The weight of any luggage, goods or merchandise of any description whatever conveyed by any passenger carriage together with the weight of the passengers in such carriage (who for this purpose shall be held to weigh 140 lb. each) shall not exceed 3.5 tons. No luggage, goods or merchandise shall be conveyed in any carriage attached to any passenger carriage.
6. Except at the termini at Garden Road and Victoria Gap no carriage shall stop at any place, nor shall any place be used for the purpose of taking up or depositing passengers, unless such place has been certified by the Director as safe and suitable for the purpose, and any such place when so certified shall be kept and maintained by the company in constant good order and condition.
7. At all times while the carriages are running the company shall keep one or more competent watchmen employed to prevent any stones, dirt, wood, refuse or other materials or any obstruction from being placed on the permanent way or rails and to remove any such materials or obstructions therefrom.
8. The maximum speed of any carriage at any point shall not exceed 12 miles an hour, and such speed shall be controlled by an overspeed prevention device. No carriage shall pass through movable facing points at a speed exceeding 4 miles an hour.
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9. All electrical apparatus shall be suitably guarded for the prevention of accidents, and shall comply with any regulations made under section 3 of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, and for (Cap. 103). the time being in force.
10. The company shall continue and maintain the following existing works, equipment and things, to the satisfaction of the Director-
(a) a track indicator on the engine room starting platform to show the stopping positions, with the names of the stations clearly marked thereon in brass letters or characters in English and Chinese;
(b) the marking of the control lever on the starting platform of the engine room to indicate clearly the direction of drive;
(c) a framed list showing the detail in English and Chinese of bell signals commonly in use for operation of the cars, posted in a conspicuous position in the engine room.
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Peak Tramway.
(b) A Type A carriage is a carriage of net unladen weight of not less than 140 cwt. nor more than 155 cwt. A Type B carriage is a carriage of net unladen weight of not less than 130 cwt., nor more than 140 cwt. (c) The maximum permitted number of passengers to be carried on a Type A carriage shall not exceed 55, and on a Type B carriage, 62.
(2) In reckoning the number of passengers two children under the age of 12 years, not being babies in arms, shall count as one passenger, and babies in arms shall not be counted.
(3) In addition to the passengers each passenger carriage may carry one brakesman, one ticket collector and one ticket inspector.
(4) Any servant of the company, other than those specified in paragraph (3), when travelling on a passenger carriage must be counted as a passenger for the purpose of this rule.
5. The weight of any luggage, goods or merchandise of any description whatever conveyed by any passenger carriage together with the weight of the passengers in such carriage (who for this purpose shall be held to weigh 140 lb. each) shall not exceed 3.5 tons. No luggage, goods or merchandise shall be conveyed in any carriage attached to any passenger carriage.
6. Except at the termini at Garden Road and Victoria Gap no carriage shall stop at any place, nor shall any place be used for the purpose of taking up or depositing passengers, unless such place has been certified by the Director as safe and suitable for the purpose, and any such place when so certified shall be kept and maintained by the company in constant good order and con- dition.
7. At all times while the carriages are running the company shall keep one or more competent watchmen employed to prevent any stones, dirt, wood, refuse or other materials or any obstruction from being placed on the permanent way or rails and to remove any such materials or obstructions therefrom.
8. The maximum speed of any carriage at any point shall not exceed 12 miles an hour, and such speed shall be controlled by an overspeed prevention device. No carriage shall pass through movable facing points at a speed exceeding 4 miles an hour.
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9. All electrical apparatus shall be suitably guarded for the prevention of accidents, and shall comply with any regulations made under section 3 of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, and for (Cap. 103). the time being in force.
10. The company shall continue and maintain the following existing works, equipment and things, to the satisfaction of the Director-
(a) a track indicator on the engine room starting platform to show the stopping positions, with the names of the stations clearly marked thereon in brass letters or charac- ters in English and Chinese;
(b) the marking of the control lever on the starting platform of the engine room to indicate clearly the direction of drive;
(c) a framed list showing the detail in English and Chinese of bell signals commonly in use for operation of the cars, posted in a conspicuous position in the engine room.
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