Parliamentary

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004146",
  "term": "Parliamentary",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type of passenger train service in the United Kingdom run to fulfill a legal requirement rather than to meet passenger demand. These services, often just one train a week in one direction, are operated to avoid the formal and costly legal process of closing a railway line or station. The term originates from the Railway Regulation Act 1844, which mandated at least one affordable train per day on every line.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "see_also": [
    "parliamentary train"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Parliamentary",
    "es": "parlamentario",
    "fr": "parlementaire"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/parliamentary/"
}