New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

Page 961

✨ Railway Passenger Fares



APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

PASSENGERS—continued.

  1. Ordinary Season Tickets.

  2. Fares for ordinary season tickets will be charged as follow:—

First Class. Second Class.

Miles 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month. Miles 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 M'th.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
2 85 9 48 6 28 0 11 3 2 83 7 47 4 26 5 9 11
3 126 8 67 1 41 1 16 5 3 110 0 57 2 33 0 11 7
4 171 4 93 3 53 8 20 11 4 130 5 67 1 41 1 14 3
5 201 1 115 6 63 5 25 5 5 160 3 85 9 48 6 18 8
6 230 11 130 5 74 6 28 4 6 182 7 96 11 54 5 21 9
7 260 8 145 4 81 11 29 10 7 204 11 104 4 59 7 23 2
8 290 6 160 3 89 5 34 3 8 223 6 119 2 65 7 25 5
9 305 5 163 11 93 3 37 4 9 238 4 130 5 71 6 27 8
10 320 3 175 1 96 11 40 3 10 249 7 134 1 74 6 29 2
11 331 7 182 7 100 8 43 3 11 260 8 138 7 77 6 29 10
12 342 8 186 3 104 4 44 9 12 272 0 143 0 79 9 31 4
13 357 6 193 8 108 1 46 2 13 279 5 147 6 81 11 32 10
14 372 5 201 1 111 9 47 8 14 290 6 152 0 84 3 34 3
15 387 4 208 7 115 6 49 3 15 294 3 155 9 86 5 35 9
16 402 3 216 1 119 2 50 8 16 297 11 159 5 88 9 36 7
17 413 5 221 7 123 0 52 2 17 301 9 163 11 90 11 37 4
18 424 7 227 3 126 8 53 8 18 305 5 167 8 93 3 38 1
19 435 9 234 8 130 5 55 2 19 309 2 171 4 95 4 38 9
20 446 11 242 2 134 1 56 8 20 312 10 175 1 97 8 39 7

FOR EVERY MILE ABOVE 20 MILES.

First Class. Second Class.

12 M'ths. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month. 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
7 10 4 2 2 2½ 0 9½ 4 11 2 8 1 7 0 6½

  1. Annual Season Tickets.

  2. Annual season tickets, first-class, available for use for one year in each case, will be issued at the following rates, viz.:—

                                                                | Transferable. | Non-transferable.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------
    Available on lines under the control of the Department in both Islands | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
    | 119 3 6 | 107 5 0
    SECTIONAL TICKETS.
    For distances not exceeding 150 miles. | 41 14 0 | 33 19 3
    151 miles to 250 miles inclusive, 2s. 3d. per mile added to the charge for 150 miles.
    251 miles to 350 miles inclusive, 1s. 7d. per mile added to the charge for 250 miles.
    351 miles to 700 miles inclusive, 9½d. per mile added to the charge for 350 miles.
    Over 700 miles, 5½d. per mile added to the charge for 700 miles.
    Maximum charge for either Island | 83 8 6 | 75 1 6

  3. (a) Upon payment of a transfer fee of 16s. 6d. on the occasion of each transfer, and subject to the succeeding subparagraphs of this paragraph, transferable annual season tickets may be transferred, bona fide for business purposes, at any time during their currency.

(b) Application for transfer, which is to be accompanied by the prescribed transfer fee and the annual season ticket, may be made to any District Manager of the Railways Department, the District Managers of the Government Tourist Department at Wellington and Auckland, or to the Stationmasters at Whangarei, Hamilton, Ohakune Junction, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Greymouth, Timaru, or Oamaru.

(c) The number of transfers that may be made during the currency of any such ticket shall not exceed twenty-four.

(d) Such tickets may be transferred only to a managing director or working director in the case of a business that is being carried on by a corporate body, a working partner in the case of a partnership business, the owner in the case of a business that is neither a corporation nor a partnership, or an employee of any such business for the purpose of travelling exclusively in the interests of such business, provided that both the holder of the annual season ticket and the proposed transferee are at the time the transfer is applied for permanently and exclusively engaged in the same business.



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