✨ Railway Luggage Regulations




LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. The station platform will be cleared after the arrival or departure (as the case may be) of each
    train, and all luggage or other packages or articles found and not immediately claimed will be treated
    as coming within this regulation.

  2. Luggage or other packages or articles left in a train or left unclaimed on railway premises and
    not claimed within three months after the time when first placed in storage as lost luggage may be sold.

  3. Any liability which the Department may have in respect of any package or article under this
    regulation is hereby limited to Β£20.

50. Left Luggage

  1. Except as otherwise provided, luggage, packages, or articles may be accepted for storage at
    the following rates and charges, subject to the conditions specified in this regulation:
For First Month or Part Thereof. For Each Additional Week or Part Thereof.
s. d. s. d.
Per package or article, n.o.s. 0 6
Per bicycle (pedal) 0 6
Per package or article tendered at the Department's wharf booking offices at Auckland or Wellington for transport to and storage at the local station 1 6
For First Day or Part Thereof. For Each Additional Day or Part Thereof.
s. d. s. d.
* Per motor-cycle, n.o.s. 2 0
* Per motor-cycle with side-car attached 3 9
  • Motor-cycles (with or without side-car attached) will not be accepted for storage when charged with petroleum, benzine, or any inflammable liquid or vapour.
  1. Bicycle Season Tickets.--Season tickets for the storage of bicycles (pedal) will be issued at the
    following rates:

For one calendar month ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 9
For three calendar months ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 9

The currency of bicycle-storage tickets issued under the provisions of this paragraph will commence
on the first and expire on the last day of a calendar month only, provided that season tickets for the
storage of bicycles (pedal) issued to scholars or students who hold tickets issued under the provisions
of Regulation 21 or 22 will be charged at the rate of 8s. 9d. each, and will be made available for
fourteen weeks from date of commencement.

General Conditions.--3. The Department reserves the right to decline to accept any article or

package under this regulation. The following will not be accepted:

Articles of an inflammable, explosive, or dangerous nature.
Articles which are wet or leaking.
Articles emitting an offensive or strong smell.
Live animals.
Loaded firearms.

Should any such articles be inadvertently accepted they may, on being found to be within the
categories mentioned, be removed and stored, or otherwise suitably dealt with as the Department
may determine, at the sole risk and cost of the depositor or owner.

  1. The Department does not undertake to accept perishable articles for storage, but where a
    person specially desires any perishable articles to be so stored they may be accepted subject to the
    special condition that the Department shall not be liable for any damage or loss that may arise in
    connection with such deposit.

  2. No article or package shall be considered as having been left in the custody of the Department
    under this regulation unless the person desiring to deposit such article or package shall have handed
    over the same to the Department, and shall have paid the proper charge and received a left-luggage
    ticket issued by the Department in respect of such article or package. The Department shall not be
    bound to hand over any article or package left in its custody under this regulation except on production
    of the left-luggage ticket issued in respect thereof, and on payment of all charges which have become
    payable in respect of the same.



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πŸš‚ Lost Luggage Storage Charges (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Lost Luggage, Storage Charges, Unclaimed Packages, Motor-cycle Storage

πŸš‚ Left Luggage Storage Rates and Conditions

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Left Luggage, Storage Rates, Bicycle Storage, Motor-cycle Storage, Season Tickets