✨ Railway Notices
Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1961
PASSENGERS.
The accommodation required must be specified in the order.
If a special train is wanted, not less than twelve hours’ notice must be given. If the funeral is to be carried by ordinary train, eight hours’ notice must be given.
A special carriage and van will be set apart for the conveyance of funerals by the ordinary trains.
Corpses must be loaded at the places provided at Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden twenty minutes before the time of departure of the train by which the funeral is to be conveyed.
For special trains the charges will be according to Regulation 45, Part I. The charge for a special train of one carriage with special van for the corpse will be £8 5s. The charge per corpse by ordinary train will be 10s.
AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH, AND HURU-NUI-BLUFF SECTIONS.
Workers’ Weekly Tickets (second class) will be charged as follows:—
For distances not exceeding two miles .. .. 1s. 6d.
For distances over two miles, and not exceeding ten miles .. 2s. 0d.
The tickets will be issued from any station on any one of the suburban lines specified below to any station on the same line, subject to the following conditions:—
The tickets will not be issued between stations situated on different suburban lines. They will expire on Saturday of the week in which issued, and are limited to one outward and one homeward trip per day, and for use on the outward journey by trains arriving at the destination-station before 8 a.m. On the homeward journey they may be used by any time-table train (mail and express trains excepted) after 9 a.m.
The tickets will be available only for use between the stations specified thereon, and will be issued only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station, and for use by the purchaser when travelling second class only. They are not available for break of journey nor for use on Sundays, and are not transferable. No reduction in charge will be made for children.
Holders of workers’ weekly second-class tickets will be charged the full ordinary first-class fare when found travelling in first-class carriages.
The portions of a ticket are available only for use on the day of the week named thereon, provided such portions are used on the specified days and during the week for which the ticket is available. Portions not so used are not available for use at any other time.
At officered stations applications for workers’ tickets must be made at least ten minutes before time of departure of the train by which the ticket is intended to be used. Tickets from flag-stations can be obtained from guard of train.
The tickets will be issued on the following suburban lines only:—
Auckland Section.—Avondale—Auckland, Onehunga—Auckland, Otahuhu—Auckland.
Wellington—Napier—New Plymouth Section.—Lower Hutt—Te Aro.
Hurunui—Bluff Section.—Lyttelton—Christchurch, Christchurch—Islington, Port Chalmers—Dunedin, Dunedin—Mosgiel.
WELLINGTON—NAPIER—NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.
For the purpose of computing fares for passengers conveyed over the Government Railway, the distance between any two stations shall be determined on the basis of the shorter railway route, provided that—
(a.) The fares from Wellington—Silverstream and intermediate stations to The Gorge—Makino Road—Foxton and intermediate stations shall not be less than the fares to Woodville.
(b.) The fares from Makino Road—Foxton—The Gorge and intermediate stations to Silverstream—Wellington and intermediate stations shall not be less than the fares from Woodville to any of the latter stations.
(c.) Except where otherwise specified above, the fares as determined by this regulation shall in no case exceed the through fare chargeable vid the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company’s line.
(d.) The fares from and to Wellington—Hayward’s and intermediate stations to and from Woodville—Konini and intermediate stations shall not exceed the fares Wellington to Woodville.
For the purpose of computing fares from and to Te Aro, one mile will be added to the distance to or from Wellington.
For the purpose of charging fares for passengers the distance between Te Aro and Lower Hutt will be counted as nine miles.
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Conveyance of Funerals from Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden to Waikomiti Cemetery
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsFunerals, Conveyance, Waikomiti Cemetery, Notices, District Traffic Manager of Railways, Auckland City Treasurer
🚂 Workers' Weekly Tickets for Suburban Lines
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsWorkers' Tickets, Suburban Lines, Fares, Auckland, Wellington, Hurunui-Bluff
🚂 Fare Computation for Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsFares, Railway Routes, Wellington, Napier, New Plymouth, Woodville, Te Aro, Lower Hutt
NZ Gazette 1902, No 73