Chapter notes
CHAPTER 86
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of
concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for
hovertrains (heading 44.06 or 68.10);
(b) Railway or tramway track construction material
of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or
(c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic
control equipment of heading 85.30.
2. Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear),
metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of
wheels;
(b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel bogies;
(c) Axle boxes; brake gear;
(d) Buffers for rolling stock; hooks and other
coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) Coachwork.
3. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading
8608.00.00 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers,
loading gauges;
(b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level
crossing control gear, signal and point
controls, and other mechanical (including
electro mechanical) signalling, safety or
traffic control equipment, whether or not
fitted for electric lighting, for railways,
tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking
facilities, port installations or airfields.