Railway Fares and Regulations




Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2315

LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

Local fares will be charged as hereinafter specified, and the following provisions of this part of this Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges shall have full force and effect notwithstanding anything contained in the previous provisions of this part.

  1. Workers’ Weekly Tickets.

  2. Workers’ weekly tickets (second class) will be issued on the following suburban lines:—Auckland District: Swanson—Auckland; Onehunga—Auckland; Papakura—Auckland. Wellington District: Upper Hutt—Wellington (Lambton); Johnsonville—Wellington (Thorndon); and from Napier to Whakatu, Tomoana, and Hastings, and vice versa. Christchurch District: Lyttelton—Christchurch; Islington—Christchurch; Kaiapoi—Christchurch. Dunedin District: Port Chalmers—Dunedin: Mosgiel—Dunedin.

  3. They will be subject to the conditions specified below, and charged as follows:—

For distances not exceeding 2 miles .. s. d.
For distances over 2 miles and not exceeding 7 miles .. 1 9
" 7 " 10 " 2 3
" 10 " 11 " 2 6
" 11 " 13 " 2 9
" 13 " 15 " 3 0
" 15 " 17 " 3 3
" 17 " 18 " 3 9
" 18 " 20 " 4 0
" 4 3

  1. The tickets will be issued at any station on any one of the suburban lines specified to any station on the same line. Except on the Napier—Hastings line where these tickets will be issued only from or to the stations enumerated in paragraph 1 of this regulation. The tickets will not be issued between stations situated on different suburban lines.

  2. They will expire on Saturday of the week for which they are issued in each case, and are limited to one outward and one homeward trip per day, and for use on the outward journey only by trains arriving at their destination station before 8.0 a.m. On the homeward journey they may be used by any time-table train (mail and express trains excepted) after 9.0 a.m.

  3. The tickets will be issued only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station, and will be available for use only between the stations specified thereon, and for use by the purchaser when travelling second class only. They are not available for break of journey, or for use on Sundays, or for rebooking, or for use in conjunction with any other ticket, and are not transferable. No reduction in charge will be made for children.

  4. Holders of workers’ weekly tickets will be charged the full ordinary first-class fare when found travelling in first-class carriages.

  5. At stations where the workers’ weekly tickets required in each case are sold, such tickets must be purchased at least ten minutes before departure-time of the train by which the ticket is intended to be used. In the case of tickets not held in stock at the station at which they are to be purchased, at least twenty-four hours’ notice that the ticket is required must be given in each case. In the computation of this period of notice no account will be taken of Sunday. Tickets from stations where there is no officer in charge should be obtained from the guard of train, provided that twenty-four hours’ notice as hereinbefore specified should be given for any ticket not carried in stock by the Guard.

  6. Suburban Fares.

  7. Suburban fares will be charged according to the following scale:—

SCHEDULE OF FARES. SCHEDULE OF FARES—continued.
No. of Miles. Single.
First. Second.
s. d. s. d.
1 0 3
2 0 4
3 0 6
4 0 8
5 0 11
6 1 1
7 1 3
8 1 5
9 1 7
10 1 8

The above fares will apply as under:—

  1. AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

From or to— To or from—
Auckland } Newmarket—Papakura.
Newmarket } Te Papapa — Onehunga.
Mount Eden } Mount Eden — Waitakere.
And intermediate stations and stopping-places in each case.

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