New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 11

Page 191

✨ Fares and Charges for Railways



FEB. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 191

Schedule of Fares—continued.

Not exceeding Miles. Fares.
Single. Ordinary. Return.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
210 2 3 9 1 9 2 2 18 4 1 18 11
220 2 5 10 1 10 7 3 1 1 2 0 9
230 2 7 11 1 12 0 3 3 11 2 2 8
240 2 10 0 1 13 4 3 6 8 2 4 5
250 2 12 1 1 14 9 3 9 5 2 6 4
260 2 14 2 1 16 2 3 12 3 2 8 3
270 2 16 3 1 17 6 3 15 0 2 10 0
280 2 18 4 1 18 11 3 17 9 2 11 11
290 3 0 5 2 0 4 4 0 7 2 13 9
300 3 2 6 2 1 8 4 3 4 2 15 7
310 3 4 7 2 3 1 4 6 1 2 17 5
320 3 6 8 2 4 6 4 8 11 2 19 4
330 3 8 9 2 5 10 4 11 8 3 1 1
340 3 10 10 2 7 3 4 14 5 3 3 0
350 3 12 11 2 8 8 4 17 3 3 4 11

Schedule of Fares—continued.

Not exceeding Miles. Fares.
Single. Ordinary. Return.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
360 3 15 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 3 6 8
370 3 17 1 2 11 5 5 2 9 3 8 7
380 3 19 2 2 12 10 5 5 7 3 10 5
390 4 1 3 2 14 2 5 8 4 3 12 3
400 4 3 4 2 15 7 5 11 1 3 14 1
410 4 5 5 2 17 0 5 13 11 3 16 0
420 4 7 6 2 18 4 5 16 8 3 17 9
430 4 9 7 2 19 9 5 19 5 3 19 8
440 4 11 8 3 1 2 6 2 3 4 1 7
450 4 13 9 3 2 6 6 5 0 4 3 4
460 4 15 10 3 3 11 6 7 9 4 5 3
470 4 17 11 3 5 4 6 10 7 4 7 1
480 5 0 0 3 6 8 6 13 4 4 8 11
490 5 2 1 3 8 1 6 16 1 4 10 9
500 5 4 2 3 9 6 6 18 11 4 12 8
  1. Return tickets are issued daily and are available for return as follows:—
Distances. Issued. Available for Return.
1 to 20 miles { Daily ... Up to and including the day after issue.
} On Saturdays ... From Saturday till following Monday.
21 to 300 miles Daily ... For one calendar month.
Over 300 miles Daily ... For two calendar months.

The passenger must complete his trip on or before the date on which the ticket expires. Should there be no train running on the day of expiry which would enable the traveller to complete his journey he may use his ticket by the first available train thereafter. The journey must be commenced on the day of issue, and, in the case of tickets taken out for distances over 20 miles, may be broken by the passenger at any station after travelling 20 miles from the original starting station.

  1. Single tickets will be available for the day of issue only.

  2. Children under 3 years of age travel free; children under 12 years of age at half rates.

  3. Flag-station tickets will be issued only to the next rebooking station.

  4. Passengers entering the train at a booking station without a ticket, or having got in at a flag station and not taking a ticket at the proper re-booking station, will be charged one shilling in addition to the ordinary fare.

Extended Excursion Tickets.

  1. The time for which these tickets are available may be extended to make them available for the return journey for such further limited period as may be publicly notified, by payment of the difference in value between an ordinary single ticket and half the excursion fare. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply at the station to which the excursion ticket was originally issued before the expiration of the ticket, and deliver up the unused half of the excursion ticket with the proper excess fare; the extension ticket will then be issued.

Railway Employees’ Tickets.

  1. Privilege Ordinary Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés and to their wives. Privilege Season Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés. The minimum charge for privilege ordinary tickets to be 6d. first-class, 4d. second-class, single or return, and for season tickets the minimum charge to be 5s.

Volunteer Tickets.

  1. Tickets will be issued to Volunteers in uniform without charge, upon written order from the Officer commanding the district.

Season Tickets.

  1. Application for Season Tickets must be made to the Manager of the line, upon a form to be obtained at any Station.

  2. Fares will be charged as follows:—

FIRST CLASS.

Miles. 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 3 0 0 1 15 0 1 2 6 0 10 0
3 4 10 0 2 12 6 1 13 9 0 15 0
4 6 0 0 3 10 0 2 5 0 1 0 0
5 7 10 0 4 10 0 2 10 0 1 2 6
6 8 10 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 7 0
7 9 10 0 5 15 0 3 5 0 1 10 0
8 10 10 0 6 10 0 3 15 0 1 14 0
9 11 10 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 0
10 12 10 0 7 10 0 4 10 0 2 0 0
11 13 10 0 8 5 0 4 15 0 2 3 0
12 14 10 0 8 15 0 5 5 0 2 7 0
13 15 5 0 9 5 0 5 10 0 2 10 0
14 16 0 0 9 15 0 5 15 0 2 13 0
15 16 15 0 10 5 0 6 0 0 2 16 0
16 17 10 0 10 15 0 6 5 0 2 19 0
17 18 5 0 11 5 0 6 10 0 3 2 0
18 19 0 0 11 15 0 6 15 0 3 5 0
19 19 15 0 12 5 0 7 0 0 3 8 0
20 20 10 0 12 15 0 7 5 0 3 11 0

SECOND CLASS.

Miles. 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 2 5 0 1 4 0 0 15 0 0 6 6
3 3 7 6 1 16 0 1 2 6 0 10 0
4 4 10 0 2 8 0 1 10 0 0 13 0
5 5 15 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 0
6 6 10 0 3 12 0 2 5 0 1 0 0
7 7 5 0 4 5 0 2 10 0 1 2 6
8 8 0 0 4 12 0 2 15 0 1 5 0
9 8 15 0 5 8 0 3 0 0 1 7 0
10 9 10 0 6 0 0 3 5 0 1 10 0
11 10 5 0 6 10 0 3 10 0 1 12 0
12 11 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 0 1 14 0
13 11 10 0 7 7 6 3 19 0 1 16 0
14 12 0 0 7 15 0 4 3 0 1 19 0
15 12 10 0 8 2 6 4 7 0 2 1 6
16 13 0 0 8 10 0 4 11 0 2 4 0
17 13 10 0 8 17 6 4 15 0 2 6 6
18 14 0 0 9 5 0 4 19 0 2 9 0
19 14 10 0 9 12 6 5 3 0 2 11 6
20 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 7 0 2 14 0


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🚂 Scale of Fares and Charges for New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 February 1892
Fares, Rates, Charges, Government Railways, Schedule, Regulations