Railway Regulations




  1. Each Passenger on paying his fare or the price of a Periodical Ticket will be furnished with a Ticket, which he is to show whenever required by any Station Master or authorised Porter, or by the Guard in charge of the train; and if it be a Return Ticket, he must allow it to be marked when required, and every Ticket (whether Single, Return, or Periodical) must be delivered up on the demand of any Porter or Servant authorised to collect Tickets. Single Tickets not used on the day of issue, or a Return Ticket not used within the prescribed time, shall be deemed to be cancelled. Any person offending against the provision of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

  2. Tickets are not transferable, and any person using or attempting to use a Transferred Ticket, or a Ticket the time for the proper use of which has expired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

  3. Any person knowingly, and with intent to defraud, travelling upon the Railway in a Carriage of a superior class to that for which he is provided with a Ticket, or altering a return or other Ticket, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

  4. Tickets, whether Single or Return, shall be used by Passengers only to convey them to the Station named therein, or to a Station short of that destination. In no case however, shall any “Cheap Excursion” Ticket be used for any other Station than that for which such Ticket is issued. Any Person using or attempting to use a Ticket in violation of the provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  5. Any Person not duly authorised by the Superintendent who shall sell or offer for sale any Free Pass, Ticket, or portion of a Return Ticket, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  6. No Male Passenger shall be allowed to enter any Waiting-room or Carriage set apart for the accommodation of Females, and any person remaining in any such Room or Carriage, after being warned to leave the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  7. Any Person, not being a Railway Servant, who shall open any Carriage for the purpose of entering the same after the tickets have been examined and the Carriage doors locked by the Person appointed for that purpose, or who shall let himself out of any Carriage, or attempt to do so at any station or at any time during the journey by the use of a private key or other instrument, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  8. No Person shall, without the consent of the Superintendent or other authorised officer, travel outside a Carriage on any Railway under any circumstance, or get into or upon, or quit any Railway Carriage when the Train is in motion; and any person doing so, or attempting to do so, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  9. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any of the Railway Sheds, Offices, or Waiting-rooms, and any person found so smoking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  10. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any Railway Carriage except those set apart for the purpose; and any Person found Smoking in a Carriage not set apart for the purpose, shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds, and may be removed from the Carriage by any Railway Servant.

  11. Dogs will be conveyed and charged for according to printed conditions; but will not on any account be allowed to accompany Passengers in the Carriages. Any Person persisting in taking a dog into a Passenger Carriage shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  12. No gratuity shall be under any circumstances allowed to be received by a Railway Servant on pain of dismissal. Any Person giving or offering a gratuity to any such Servant shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

  13. Any person making use of insulting or abusive language to any Railway Officer or Servant while in the execution of his duty, or making use of indecent or blasphemous language in any Carriage, or upon any Railway Platform or Premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and to removal from such Carriage or Station as soon as shall be practicable.

  14. Any Person in or upon any Railway Carriage or Station, being in a state of intoxication, or committing any nuisance, or gambling, or wilfully interfering with the comfort of any Passenger, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and to removal from such Carriage or Station as soon as shall be practicable.

  15. Any Person driving or attempting to drive sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across the Railway, either at an authorised crossing-place or elsewhere, when an approaching Train is in sight, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

  16. The driver or conductor of any Hackney Carriage, Omnibus, or other public vehicle, shall not ply for hire within the Railway Stations or Premises without a License in writing from the Superintendent or other authorised Officer, and must be subject to and obey every order or direction that may be given him by the Station Master or person in charge while on the said premises; and every such Driver or other Person refusing or neglecting to obey such directions or orders is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

  17. No person will be allowed to come upon any Railway Platform for the purpose of removing any Passenger or luggage, unless required by a Passenger and engaged by him for that purpose, and no person will be allowed to come upon any Railway Premises for the purpose of soliciting custom or hire. Any Person attempting to evade or being guilty of a breach of this section, or not quitting the premises when required by



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1875, No 46





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9 October 1875
Railways, Regulations, Passenger Traffic, Fares, Penalties