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The Flame Pit / Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025

« on: December 06, 2025, 02:42:01 pm »

Thanks to an eagle-eyed poster on another forum, it's been spotted that an updated version of the Railway Byelaws is due to come into effect on 26/12/2025.

The relevant Statutory Instrument can be found here.

There are two material changes: An explicit ban on E-cigarettes and the splitting of Byelaw 14 (relating to parking) into separate Byelaws for England & Wales, and Scotland.

Byelaw 14A (relating to England and Wales) reads as follows:

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Traffic signs, causing obstructions and parking in England and Wales

(1) This Byelaw applies only in England and Wales.

(2) No person in charge of any motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance shall use it on any part of the railway in contravention of any traffic sign.

(3) No person in charge of any motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance shall leave or place it on any part of the railway:

(i)in any manner or place where it may cause an obstruction or hinderance to an Operator or any person using the railway; or

(ii)otherwise than in accordance with any instructions issued by or on behalf of an Operator or an authorised person.

(4) Any motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance used, left or placed in breach of Byelaw 14A(2) or (3) may be removed and stored, by or under the direction of an Operator or authorised person.

(5) A motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance may also be removed and stored, by or under the direction of an Operator or authorised person if such Operator or authorised person reasonably believes doing so is necessary:

(i)to deal with an emergency;

(ii)to allow access to persons or vehicles to enable maintenance of the railway to be carried out; or

(iii)to enable the safe and efficient operation of the railway.

(6) In this Byelaw:

(i)a traffic sign does not include an object or device for conveying the rules of a contractual parking scheme; and

(ii)an instruction does not include any instruction conveying the rules of a contractual parking scheme.

Part 6 is new and appears to be an attempt to extend PoFA Schedule 4 to railway land.

Private parking tickets / ParkingEye PCN - Alleged non-payment - Crowne Plaza Glasgow

« on: March 01, 2024, 06:23:16 pm »

The Driver was driving a rented van for an event being held at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow. They parked in the hotel's overflow car park and entered the registration number on the tablet at Reception. Payment was made on the day of departure.

Despite this, ParkingEye have issued a Parking Charge Notice claiming a failure to pay for the last day, when the Driver moved the van to the Hotel's Service Yard to load it up for the return journey, then parked back in the overflow car park. This appears to have initially been sent to the hire firm, who have provided the Hirer's details. The only paperwork in the envelope was the Notice to Hirer.

Unusually for PE, this isn't a double dip, as the arrival and departure times reflect that last day, rather than the original arrival and final departure time.

PCN Images: https://imgur.com/a/hKL6h1m
GSV showing signage at the entrance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2D9oFEy9X6o5dsk77
And signage within the car park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MGcr5DNuLLzAL9MCA

The Driver lives in London, so it's not practical for them to return to get their own photographs of the signage.

I'm assuming there are at least two prongs of attack, namely the parking event occurred in Scotland, so PoFA doesn't apply; and the fact that it was a rental vehicle.

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