(1) An authority to proceed shall not be given to the Loco pilot until line clear has been obtained from the station in advance following the procedure prescribed for the purpose, so far as it is applicable in the particular case.
(2) An authority to proceed shall not be given to the Loco pilot except by the Station Master or by railway servant appointed in this behalf by special instructions.
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(3) The Station Master shall see that the authority to proceed given to the Loco pilot is accurate, and that when it is a line clear ticket conveyed or transmitted on secured means of communication, it is complete and correctly repeated by the Loco pilot. Provided further that when the line clear ticket is delivered in writing it is complete, signed in full and in ink.
(4) The Station Master shall see that line clear ticket is not given to the Loco pilot in advance.
The line clear ticket should be given to the Loco pilot of a train only after the conditions for dispatching that train are fulfilled.
(5) When there are more than one locomotive on the train the line clear ticket shall be given to the Loco pilot of the leading locomotive.
(6) Before introducing working of trains on line clear ticket Station Master at either end shall, after ensuring that the last train in the established direction in the double line and in both directions in single line has completed its journey, exchange private numbers and make an entry in the Train Signal Register.
(7) Cancellation of line clear Message.—whenever a line clear message has been exchanged for a train but it is to be detained, the message shall be first cancelled before obtaining line clear for despatching any other train under exchange of private number and entry made in the Train Signal Register. On a single line, no train shall be allowed to leave in the opposite direction until the cancellation message has been received.