New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

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✨ Railway Fares and Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

Westport Section.
On Saturdays and such other days as may be determined by the Department the special fares specified hereunder will be charged from the stations named to Westport :—

Station.	First-class Return.	Second-class Return.
	s. d.	s. d.
Mokihinui Mine	7 0	5 9
Seddonville	6 7	4 4
St. Helens	6 5	4 3
Mokihinui	6 3	4 2
Nikau	5 10	3 10
Hector	4 11	3 4
Ngakawau	4 9	3 1
Granity	4 7	2 11
Birchfield	3 5	2 2
Waimangaroa Junction	2 9	1 10
Fairdown	2 1	1 5
Sergeant’s Hill	1 3	0 11

These tickets, when issued on a Saturday, will be available for return up to and including the first following Monday, and when issued on any other day than Saturday will be available for return up to and including the day following the day of issue.

Fares between stations on the Government railways (Waimangaroa Junction excepted) and stations on the Waimangaroa Branch will be charged 2d. on each single and 3d. on each return fare, and 1s. on each weekly twelve-trip ticket in addition to the fare chargeable under the scales hereinbefore provided.
Season tickets and school season tickets issued between stations on the Waimangaroa Branch and main line stations will be charged the following rates in addition to the rates hereinbefore prescribed for such tickets :—

Season Tickets.	12 Months.	6 Months.	3 Months.	1 Month.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
First class	15 0	10 0	6 6	3 0
Second class	12 0	7 6	4 6	2 0

School season tickets, 2s. per quarter, either class.

South Island Main Line and Branches.
For the purpose of charging tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 2, 9, 12, 16, 19, 39, and 40 between the stations set out hereunder the distance will be counted as follows in each case :—

Miles.		Miles.
Ashburton and Tinwald	.. 2	Dunedin and Port Chalmers
Oamaru and Waiareka	.. 2	Dunedin and Cavorsham
Dunedin and Ravensbourne	.. 2	Dunedin and Green Island
Dunedin and Maia	.. 3	Dunedin and Abbotsford
Dunedin and Sawyer’s Bay	.. 7	Stirling and Benhar

For the purpose of charging tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 12, 16, 19, and 39 the distance between Dunedin and Burnside will be counted as 3 miles in each case.
Except as otherwise provided, tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 2, 9, 12, 16, 19, 39, and 40 from or to stations on the Dunedin–Port Chalmers line to or from Port Chalmers Upper or Lower Station will be available for use to or from either the Upper or the Lower Station, and will be computed on the basis of the shorter distance in each case.
The following local fares will be charged between the stations named hereunder :—

	Return.
	First Class.	Second Class.
	s. d.	s. d.
Dunedin–Warrington	5 6	3 7
Dunedin–Omimi	5 8	3 9
Dunedin–Seacliff	6 3	4 2

In no case shall the fare between any two stations in the Dunedin–Seacliff area be greater than the lowest fare chargeable between any two other stations in such area the journey between which latter stations wholly covers the journey between the two first-mentioned stations.

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🚂 Special Fares Between Stations (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Special Fares, Westport, Mokihinui Mine, Seddonville, St. Helens, Mokihinui, Nikau, Hector, Ngakawau, Granity, Birchfield, Waimangaroa Junction, Fairdown, Sergeant’s Hill

🚂 Additional Fares for Waimangaroa Branch

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Fares, Waimangaroa Branch, Waimangaroa Junction

🚂 Season Tickets for Waimangaroa Branch

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Season Tickets, Waimangaroa Branch

🚂 Distance Counting for South Island Main Line and Branches

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Distance Counting, Ashburton, Tinwald, Oamaru, Waiareka, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Cavorsham, Green Island, Maia, Sawyer’s Bay, Stirling, Benhar

🚂 Distance Counting for Dunedin and Burnside

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Distance Counting, Dunedin, Burnside

🚂 Ticket Availability for Dunedin–Port Chalmers Line

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Ticket Availability, Dunedin, Port Chalmers

🚂 Local Fares for Dunedin–Seacliff Area

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsRailways, Local Fares, Dunedin, Warrington, Omimi, Seacliff

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