Ordinance on the construction and operation of connecting railways
In the ordinance on the construction and operation of connecting railways (BOA) and the railway building and operating regulations for connecting railways (EBOA) , the regulations for non- public transport railways are laid down.
The legal basis is the General Railway Act of March 29, 1951 (Section 3, Paragraph 3, Clauses 1 and 2) or, in the GDR, the “Ordinance on State Railway Control” of January 22, 1976 (Section 9).
Just like the Railway Building and Operating Regulations (EBO) for public transport railways, the (E) BOA serves the purpose of ensuring safe and regulated traffic management for connecting railways .
Since the connecting railways are subject to the federal states , each state has its own regulation. The content is usually divided into several subject groups according to the following pattern:
- I. General preambles
- II. Railway facilities
- Structural systems such as tracks , bridges , clearance profiles
- Security and telecommunications systems such as signals
- Mechanical engineering systems such as turntables , overhead lines , track scales
- III. vehicles
- IV. Rail operations
- responsible operations manager
- Operational flow
- Shunting service
- Driving service
- Signals
- V. Final provisions
Regulations of the federal states
| state | Regulation (s) | from |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | BOA | 17th March 1971 |
| Bavaria | EBOA | March 3, 1983 |
| Berlin |
Law on small railways and private connecting railways Operating regulations for private connecting railways |
July 28, 1892 ( German Empire ) July 9, 1927 ( Weimar Republic ) |
| Brandenburg | BOA | May 13, 1982 ( GDR ) |
| Bremen | Connection Ordinance | January 6, 1961 |
| Hamburg | BOA | March 15, 1960 |
| Hesse | Hessian Railway Act (HEisenbG) | October 1, 2006 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | BOA | May 13, 1982 (GDR) |
| Lower Saxony | ABABauV ND | December 14, 1955 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | BOA | October 31, 1966 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | BOA | July 15, 1957 |
| Saarland | EBOA | September 25, 1985 |
| Saxony | BOA | May 13, 1982 (GDR) |
| Saxony-Anhalt | BOA | May 13, 1982 (GDR) |
| Schleswig-Holstein | ABABauV SH | November 14, 1956 |
| Thuringia | BOA | May 13, 1982 (GDR) |
