✨ Railway By-law Regulations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or
from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket,
shall quit the station and premises of the railway;
and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the
stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and
if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit
the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being
requested so to do by any Station Clerk or any
servant attached to the railway or wharf, such pas-
senger or person may be expelled by such Station
Clerk or other servant as aforesaid from the rail-
way premises.

  1. No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
    material shall be carried by any passenger train.

  2. Each passenger, on paying his fare, will be fur-
    nished with a ticket, which he is to show whenever
    required by any Station Clerk or authorized 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 authorized 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 offend-
    ing against the provisions of this regulation shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
    by passengers only to convey them to the station
    named thereon, orto 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 provi-
    sions of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding two pounds.

  6. No person will be allowed to break his journey
    by stopping at any intermediate station, and thereafter
    proceeding by a subsequent train with the same
    ticket, under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

  7. Any person, not duly authorized by the General
    Manager, 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.

  8. No male passenger shall be allowed to enter
    any waiting-room or carriage set apart for the accom-
    modation 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 ex-
    ceeding two pounds.

  9. Any person entering a carriage or compart-
    ment of a carriage containing the full number of
    persons which it is constructed to convey, except with
    the consent of the persons in such carriage or com-
    partment, and refusing to go out when requested by
    the Guard or other officer of the railway to do so,
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two
    pounds.

  10. 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.

  11. No person shall, without the consent of the
    General Manager or other authorized officer, travel
    outside a carriage on any railway under any circum-
    stances, 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.

  12. Loaded firearms are on no account to be taken
    into or placed upon any carriage, wagon, truck, or
    other vehicle forming or intended to form a train, or
    any portion of a train, on the railway; and every
    person so offending shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Dogs will be conveyed and charged for accord-
    ing 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.

  16. 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.

  17. Any person making use of insulting or abusive
    language to any railway officer or servant while
    in the execution of his duty, or obstructing any such
    officer while in the execution of his duty, or making
    use of indecent or blasphemous language in any car-
    riage or upon any railway platform or premises, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  18. If any person omit to shut and fasten any gate
    or slip panel set up at either side of the railway for
    the accommodation of the owners or occupiers of the
    adjoining lands, as soon as he and the carriage, cattle,
    or other animals under his care have passed through
    the same, he shall forfeit for every such offence any
    sum not exceeding two pounds.

  19. Any person crossing or attempting to cross
    any level crossing with any cattle, horse, or other
    animal, or with a vehicle of any kind, when an
    approaching engine or train is in sight, or the whistle
    or bell can be heard at such crossing, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  20. Any person driving or attempting to drive
    vehicles, sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across
    the railway, on the level, either at an authorized
    crossing-place or elsewhere, when an approaching
    train is in sight, or when otherwise warned, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  21. If any person pull down or injure any board
    put up or affixed for the purpose of publishing any
    list of tolls or notices, or any mile-post, or shall
    obliterate any of the letters, marks, or figures on
    any such board or post, he shall forfeit for every
    such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

  22. The General Manager shall publish the short
    particulars of the several offences for which any
    penalty is imposed by these or any other by-laws of
    the railway, and of the amount of every such
    penalty, and shall cause such particulars to be
    painted on a board, or printed upon paper and pasted
    thereon, and shall cause such board to be hung up or



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πŸ—οΈ Continuation of By-laws regarding passenger conduct, tickets, and penalties. (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
5 January 1875
Railway regulations, Passenger conduct, Tickets, Penalties, Explosives, Smoking, Dogs, Level crossings