London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act 1860
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1860 c. clxxi |
| Year | 1860 |
ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO & VICESIMO QUARTO
VICTORLE REGINiE.
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Cap.
clxxi.
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company to make certain Alter-
ations in their Coast Lines and in the Line of the
West End of London and Crystal Palace Rail-
way, a new Channel for the River Arun, and
other Works ; and for other Purposes.
[23d July I860.]
W
HEREAS by the Local and Personal Act (9 and 10 Victoria, 9
& 10
Vict.
Chapter 283.), to consolidate and unite the London and c- cclxxxm.
Brighton and the London and
Croydon
Railway Companies,
and the Undertakings belonging to them, (and which Act is herein-after
called " the Consolidation Act,") the Company known as the London,
Brighton, and South
Coast
Railway Company (but herein-after called
" the Company") were incorporated, and the Brighton, Lewes, and
Hastings Railway (herein-after called " the Hastings Line ") and the
Brighton and
Chichester
Railway (herein-after called " the
Chichester
Line ") were vested in the Company, together with other Railways and
Works, and the whole of the Railways, Branches, and Works so vested
were directed to be called " The London, Brighton, and South Coast
[Local.] 28 0 Railway;"
2358 23° & 24° VICTORIA, C«/>.ckxi.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Act, 1860.
16&
17Vict. Railway:" And whereas by "The West London and Crystal Palace
'• elxxx- Railway Act,
1853,"
the West End of London and Crystal Palace
Railway Company (herein-after called " the West End Railway Com-
pany") were incorporated, and were authorized to make and maintain
certain Railways and Works (herein-after comprised under the Name
of " the West End Railway"), consisting of (first) a Railway com-
mencing at a Point on the London and
South-western
Railway near its
Junction with the Windsor, Staines, and Richmond Railway in the
Parish of Saint Mary, Battersea, in the County of Surrey, and ter-
minating in the Crystal Palace Park in the Hamlet of Penge in the
same Parish; (secondly) a Railway from the first Railway to join by a
double Junction the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway at
or near the Norwood Station on that Railway; (thirdly) a Railway
commencing from a Point on the first Railway in the said Parish of
Saint Mary, Battersea, and terminating near the South End of the
Bridge then in course of Erection across the River Thames, to lead from
Chelsea
to Battersea Park (being the Bridge authorized by the Public
General Act, 9 and 10
Victoria,
Chapter 39., and now completed); and
(fourthly) a Wharf or Landing Place near to or adjoining the South End
of that Bridge; and by the Act now in recital the West End Railway
Company were authorized to take the Tolls therein specified: And
whereas the West End Railway is complete and open for Traffic:
17& 18
Vict.
Whereas by "The West London and Crystal
Palace
Railway (Extension
''•ocx- to Farnhorough) Act, 1854," the West End Railway Company were
authorized to make and maintain an Extension Line of Railway (herein-
after called " the
Farnhorough
Extension''''),
commencing by a Junction
with the West End Railway near the said Nonvood Station, and ter-
20&21 Vict, minating at
Farnhorough
in the County of Kent: And whereas by "The
.
cxliii. West London and Crystal Palace Railway Act, 1857," the West End
Railway Company were authorized to sell the West End Railway or any
Part thereof to " the Company," and " the Company" were authorized
to purchase the same for such Consideration and on such Terms and
Conditions as those Two Companies might mutually aoree on: And
whereas, under or by virtue of Three several Agreements, dated respec-
tively the Second Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
seven, the Thirty-first Day of
December
One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-seven, and the Tenth Day of March One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight, and made between the Battersea Park Com-
missioners of the one Part and the West End Railway Company of the
other Part, the said Commissioners agreed to sell, and the West End
Railway Company agreed to purchase, for the several Sums of Sixty-one
thousand six hundred Pounds, Four hundred and fifty Pounds, and
Three thousand seven hundred and forty-seven Pounds Twelve Shillings
and Sixpence, making together the aggregate Sum of Sixty-five thousand
seven hundred and ninety-seven Pounds Twelve Shillings and Sixpence,
several Pieces of Land at Battersea, and the West End Railway
Company
23° & 24° VICTORIA, Cap.clxxi. 2539
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Act, 1860.
Company were liable to pay that aggregate Sum to the said Commis-
sioners by Five equal Instalments, the first of which Instalments is
payable on the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, and One of the remaining Four Instalments on the
Twenty-fifth Day of March in each of the Four succeeding Years; and
in the meantime, until the aggregate Sum should be paid, the West End
Railway Company were liable to pay to the said Commissioners Interest
thereon, or on so much thereof as for the Time being should remain
unpaid, at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, by equal
half-yearly Payments, on the Twenty-ninth Day of
September
and the
Twenty-fifth Day of
March
yearly: And whereas by "The West London
21 &22
Vict.
and
Crystal Palace
Railway Act, 1858," the aforesaid several Agreements c- C1V-
between the
Battersea
Park Commissioners and the West End Railway
Company were confirmed, and by the same Act the West End Railway
Company were authorized, for the Purpose of paying the Purchase
Money for the said Lands so agreed to be purchased of the said
Battersea
Park Commissioners, and for such other Purposes as are therein
expressed, to raise any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the
whole the Sum of Seventy thousand Pounds by the Creation of new
Shares or Stock in manner therein expressed: And whereas no Part of
the Capital authorized by the last-mentioned Act has been created:
And whereas, in pursuance of " The West London and
Crystal
Palace
Railway Act, 1857," the West End Railway Company have sold and
transferred, and " the Company " have purchased, the West End Railway
(not including the
Farnborough
Extension), together with all Sidings,
Stations, Station Houses, Engines, Sheds, Refreshment Rooms, Build-
ings,
Edifices, Lands, Roads, Approaches, Works, Conveniences, and
Appurtenances belonging thereto, and also (amongst others) the said
Three several Agreements between the Battersea Park Commissioners
and the West End Railway Company, and the Rights and Liabilities of
that Company under the same: And whereas it is expedient that the
Sale by the West End Railway Company to and the Purchase by " the-
Company" of the West End Railway should be confirmed: And
whereas the West End Railway Company have agreed to sell the
Farnborough
Extension to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company: And whereas it is expedient to provide for the Dissolution of
the West End Railway Company: And whereas by " The West London
22 & 23
Vict.
Extension Railway Act, 1859," the London and
North-western
Railway c. CXXMV.
Company and the Great Western Railway Company were, for the
Purposes of making and maintaining the Railways, Docks, and Works
by that Act authorized, and the earning of that Act into execution,
united into One Company, by the Name of the West London Extension
Railway Company, with a Capital of Three hundred thousand Pounds,
of which "the Company" were required to contribute not less than
One Sixth; and by that Act (Section 50.) the West London Ertension
Railway Company were empowered to enter upon, take, and use all or
any
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