Interim Measures for the Administration of Local Railways in Liaoning Province

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in order to strengthen the planning, construction and management of local railways, develop local railway transportation and meet the needs of socialist modernization. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to local railways in our province. Article 3 The term "local railways" as mentioned in these Measures refers to:

(1) Railways that are mainly built and managed by local governments or jointly built and managed by local and national railway authorities to undertake social passenger and cargo transportation;

(2) Special railway lines (including special railways) built and managed by enterprises and institutions themselves or jointly built and managed by enterprises and institutions and relevant departments and units to undertake the cargo transportation and social passenger and freight transportation of their own units. Article 4 The Provincial Communications Department is the competent authority of local railways in the province, and its Provincial Local Railway Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Provincial Metro Bureau, the same below) is responsible for the industry management of local railways in the province.

The municipal competent department of local railways is responsible for the management of local railways in this area. Article 5 The production and living facilities of local railways are protected by law, and no unit or individual may occupy or destroy them. Article 6 The local railway development and construction planning shall be based on the national economic and social development planning, and be coordinated with the national railway, highway, waterway, aviation and pipeline transportation development planning, and with the urban construction and development planning and river regulation planning. Article 7 The development and construction plan of local railways in the whole province shall be compiled by the Provincial Metro Bureau on the basis of the planning of cities, approved by the Provincial Communications Department, submitted to the Provincial Planning Commission for comprehensive balance, and incorporated into the construction plan of the whole province. Eighth local railway construction must fulfill the basic construction procedures and implement the national local railway construction design regulations. Article 9 The construction of local railways must be designed by a professional design unit holding the Qualification Certificate for Design of Local Railways and Special Lines issued by the Provincial Construction Committee, and the construction team shall be determined by the local railway authorities or the construction unit through bidding. Tenth local railways with a total length of more than 20 kilometers, after the completion of new construction, expansion, major and medium repair projects, must be accepted by the provincial subway bureau in conjunction with relevant departments; After the completion of the new construction, expansion and major repair of local railways with a total length of less than 20 kilometers, the municipal local railway authorities must conduct acceptance in conjunction with relevant departments.

Without acceptance or unqualified acceptance of local railways shall not be put into use. Article 11 Local railways shall be maintained and repaired by local railway authorities or ownership units themselves, or by national railway maintenance units. The maintenance of local railway lines and locomotives, vehicles, communication signals and other equipment must implement the maintenance standards stipulated by the Ministry of Railways and the province. Twelfth local railway construction and maintenance of special equipment, proposed by the provincial and municipal departments in charge of local railways, the provincial communications department after the audit, reported to the relevant state departments to solve; General equipment and accessories shall be settled through consultation between local railway authorities and local materials departments. Thirteenth local railway locomotives, vehicles and rails scrapped, must be approved by the provincial subway bureau, reported to the relevant financial departments for approval, and shall not be disposed of without authorization. Article 14 When the local railway transportation is interrupted due to natural disasters or accidents, the local railway authorities shall make timely repairs, and the local people's governments shall mobilize units and residents along the railway to assist the local railway authorities in removing roadblocks and repairing the railway to ensure the safe and smooth railway transportation. Fifteenth local railway passenger and freight rates and charging standards, according to the price management authority, by the local railway authorities put forward a plan, approved by the price department after the promulgation and implementation. Article 16 The operating income of local railways, as a local railway development fund, shall be used for local railway construction except for taxes paid in accordance with state regulations and profits retained by enterprises, and shall not be used for other purposes. Seventeenth local railway transportation safety protection, according to the relevant provisions of the "Regulations on the Protection of Railway Transportation Safety" issued by the State Council and the "Measures for the Administration of Local Railway Operation in China" issued by the Ministry of Railways. Eighteenth approach by the Provincial Communications Department is responsible for the interpretation of. Article 19 These Measures shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.