New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 49

Page 1986

✨ Railway Fares and Regulations



1986

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Alteration to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

In pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, as published in the Gazette of 12th December, 1912 (and amended from time to time), and I do hereby declare that such alterations shall come into force on the 6th July, 1925.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

By adding the following:

Trip Bearer Tickets.

Trip bearer tickets, first or second class, will be issued at the following rates:

Twelve-trip tickets at the charge for six return fares (ordinary or suburban, as the case may be) less 12½ per cent.

Fifty-trip tickets at the charge for twenty-five return fares (ordinary or suburban, as the case may be) less 20 per cent.

Trip bearer tickets will be unrestricted as to the period of availability and will be transferable.

One or two children over three but not exceeding twelve years of age travelling on these tickets will count as one adult; three or four such children will count as two adults, and so on, each additional one or two children counting as one adult.

Trip bearer tickets are not available for break of journey.

LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

By omitting the following:

Suburban Fares.
SCHEDULE OF FARES. SCHEDULE OF FARES—continued.
No. Single. Return. No. Single. Return.
of First. Second. First. Second. First. Second
Miles. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1 0 5 0 4 0 7 0 6 11 1 9
2 0 7 0 5 0 9 0 8 12 1 11
3 0 8 0 6 1 0 0 9 13 2 1
4 0 9 0 7 1 2 0 10 14 2 2
5 0 11 0 8 1 5 1 0 15 2 4
6 1 1 0 9 1 8 1 2 16 2 6
7 1 3 0 10 1 11 1 3 17 2 7
8 1 5 0 11 2 2 1 5 18 2 10
9 1 7 1 0 2 5 1 6 19 2 11
10 1 8 1 1 2 6 1 8 20 3 0

And substituting the following:

Suburban Fares.
  1. Suburban fares will be charged according to the following scale:
SCHEDULE OF FARES. SCHEDULE OF FARES—continued.
No. Single. Return. No. Single. Return.
of First. Second. First. Second. First. Second
Miles. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 3 11 1 9
2 0 4 0 3 0 8 0 5 12 1 11
3 0 6 0 4 0 11 0 7 13 2 1
4 0 8 0 5 1 2 0 9 14 2 2
5 0 11 0 7 1 5 0 11 15 2 4
6 1 1 0 9 1 8 1 2 16 2 6
7 1 3 0 10 1 11 1 3 17 2 7
8 1 5 0 11 2 2 1 5 18 2 10
9 1 7 1 0 2 5 1 6 19 2 11
10 1 8 1 1 2 6 1 8 20 3 0

By omitting the following:

Auckland District.

The first return fare from or to Remuera to or from Onehunga will be 1s. 5d.

The first return fare from or to Remuera to or from Green Lane will be 5d. The second single fare from or to Auckland to or from Mount Eden will be 3d.



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🚂 Alteration to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway fares, Rates, Charges, Trip bearer tickets, Suburban fares
  • Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways