Railway By-Laws




JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

  1. No person having paid the fare for a ticket entitling him to travel by an excursion train or any other specified train shall travel by any train other than that in respect of which such fare was paid without previously taking out the proper ticket and paying the proper fare therefor respectively.

  2. No person holding a ticket issued for travelling for certain specific purposes shall use the ticket for travelling for any other purpose. Any such ticket found to be wrongly used will be forfeited and its further use stopped.

  3. No person having used a ticket for any part of the route for which it is issued shall afterwards use it for travelling on any preceding part of such route.

  4. No person having paid the fare for a certain distance shall knowingly and wilfully proceed in any carriage beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance.

  5. Every person, on arriving at the point to which the fare has been paid, shall quit such carriage.

  6. Every passenger, on arriving at the station for which a ticket has been taken by such passenger, or to or from which such passenger may hold a periodical ticket, shall leave the train, and quit the station and premises of the railway, and no person shall loiter about the premises of the railway.

  7. Any person joining a train at a booking-station without having previously provided himself with a ticket shall, on demand by any Stationmaster or person authorised by a Stationmaster, or by the Guard in charge of the train, pay sixpence in addition to the ordinary fare.

  8. Each member of the Legislature shall be furnished with a free pass; such pass will entitle the member to whom it is issued to travel free of charge upon all Government lines of railway within the colony, subject to the by-laws and regulations in force affecting the same. Every such pass must be produced by the holder when demanded by any servant of the Railway Department, and will expire when the member to whom it is issued vacates his seat from any cause whatever, and must be delivered up as prescribed or required by the Minister.

No person other than the member to whom it is issued shall use such free pass.

  1. Passengers joining the train at flag-stations will be booked by the Guard.

  2. No male passenger shall enter or remain in any waiting-room or carriage set apart for the accommodation of females.

  3. No person shall enter or remain in a carriage or compartment 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 compartment; and any person who shall have entered a carriage or compartment under such circumstances shall go out immediately upon being requested by the Guard or other officer of the railway to do so.

  4. No person, not being a railway servant, 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, nor shall open any carriage or truck, or attempt to do so, at any station or at any time during the journey, by means of a private key or other instrument.

  5. No person shall get into or upon or quit, or attempt to get into or upon or quit, any part of a train while it is in motion.

  6. No person shall load or discharge firearms, or carry loaded firearms in, or place them upon, any carriage, engine, wagon, truck, or other vehicle situate on any part of the railway.

  7. No person shall smoke on any part of a railway or train except in the carriages set apart for the purpose.

  8. No person shall take a dog into any passenger-carriage.

  9. No railway servant shall receive any gratuity on pain of dismissal, and no person shall give or offer a gratuity to any such servant.

  10. No person shall make use of insulting or abusive language to any railway officer or servant while in the execution of his duty, or make use of indecent or blasphemous language on any part of the railway.

  11. No person shall commit any nuisance or gamble on any part of the railway, or do any act which shall wilfully interfere with the comfort of any passenger.

  12. Except by arrangement with and by permission either of the District Railway Manager or of any Stationmaster, it shall not be lawful—



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1909, No 47





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🚂 New Zealand Government Railways By-Laws (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 May 1909
By-Laws, Railways, Passenger Conduct, Ticket Regulations, Safety