Railway Season Tickets




3494

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 91

PASSENGERS.

9

Annual Season Tickets.

  1. Annual Season Tickets, available for use only on the New Zealand Government Railways for one year from date of issue, will be issued at the following rates, viz.:
Transferable. Not Transferable.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Available over lines of both Islands .. *75 0 0 70 0 0
SECTIONAL TICKETS.
For distances not exceeding 150 miles *27 10 0 22 10 0
151 miles to 250 miles inclusive, 1s. 6d. per mile added to the charge for 150 miles.
251 miles to 350 miles inclusive, 1s. per mile added to the charge for 250 miles.
351 miles to 700 miles inclusive, 6d. per mile added to the charge for 350 miles.
Over 700 miles, 3d. per mile added to the charge for 700 miles.
Maximum charge for either Island .. *55 0 0 50 00
  • These tickets will be transferred for business purposes temporarily once in any month during their currency from the holder to a member or employee of the same firm or company on payment of a transfer fee of 10s. on the occasion of each transfer. Application for transfer must be made to the District Manager. The ticket to be transferred, together with the transfer fee, 10s., must be deposited when application for transfer is made.

Sectional tickets will be issued as for each Island, and in all cases the charge for the actual mileage in each Island will be computed separately at the initial rates.

A charge of £1 will be made for each ticket issued in lieu of annual season ticket lost.

Where sectional tickets are made available on Lake Wakatipu they will be charged as for 25 miles additional to the railway mileage.

Annual all-lines season tickets available over both Islands will be available for travel over Lake Wakatipu.

  1. Children over 3 years and not exceeding 12 years of age will be charged half rates for Season Tickets.

Family Season Tickets.

  1. Family Season Tickets will be issued to families at two-thirds of the rate of ordinary Season Tickets for each person. Family Tickets for less than four persons will be charged as for four persons. All such tickets must be for the same currency. Boarders or other temporary or permanent lodgers do not come within the definition of a family and are not entitled to participate in the concession granted under this regulation.

Lost Season Tickets.

  1. Passengers who have lost their Season Tickets should make a written declaration to that effect to the Stationmaster at the station where the original ticket was procured. The Stationmaster will certify to the issue of the ticket, and report to the District Manager, who will arrange for another ticket to be supplied on payment of 10 per cent. of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 2s.; maximum, 20s. This does not apply to Commutation Tickets, nor to tickets issued under Regulation No. 19.

Transfer of Season Tickets.

  1. Season Tickets other than Annual (Regulation 19) will be transferred from the holder to another person on payment of 10 per cent. of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 2s.; maximum 10s. (For conditions of transfer of annual tickets see Regulation No. 19.) Application for transfer must be made to the Stationmaster at the station from which the original Season Ticket was procured. The ticket to be transferred, together with the transfer-fee, must be deposited when application for transfer is made. This does not apply to Commutation Tickets.


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