New Zealand Gazette – 1967 – No. 24

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✨ Railway Luggage Conditions and Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 24

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. Unchecked luggage will not be delivered at any station short of the destination to which it is addressed and labelled. Passengers who desire to break the journey en route must have their luggage addressed and labelled to the station at which they intend to first take delivery.

  2. Unchecked luggage which is conveyed in guard’s van, the property of passengers who are booked to a station beyond the destination station of the train by which the passengers are travelling, may be labelled direct to the station shown on the passenger’s ticket. Such luggage will be stored free of charge at the station where the break of journey is necessitated until the departure time of the first available train by which the passenger can proceed direct to destination station. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the liability of the Department as for unchecked luggage.

  3. Checked Luggage

  4. Passengers may have their luggage checked as follows at the charges shown:

Between And Route Checking Fee Per Package
a) Any station .. Any other station on the same section of railway Rail .. .. c 15
(b) Stations in the North Island Stations in the South Island .. Rail and Wellington-Lyttelton inter-Island steamers or Wellington-Picton / Cook Strait rail/ferry service 25
(c) Kaitaia, Mangakino, { Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, or Foxton Stations in the North Island Stations in the South Island .. Rail and railway road services .. Rail, railway road services, and Wellington-Lyttelton inter-Island steamers or Wellington-Picton/Cook Strait rail/ferry service 15 }
(d) Gisborne .. Stations in the North Island .. Rail and railway road services via Rotorua or Taneatua 15
From To Overseas Vessels (Operated by Such Companies as may be Approved by the General Manager) Berthed at Checking Fee Per Package
(e) Officered stations in the North Island .. { Auckland, Napier or Wellington .. Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, or Dunedin c 30 35
(f) Officered stations in the South Island .. { Auckland, Napier, or Wellington .. Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, or Dunedin 35 30
From To Checking Fee Per Package
(g) Department’s Wharf Booking Offices at { Auckland or Wellington North Island stations .. .. South Island stations .. .. c 25 30

Exceptions—Luggage will not be checked for journeys to be made solely between Wellington and Lyttelton (by sea direct).

Luggage will be accepted for checking for inter-Island journeys by sea, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 8 and 9 of this section. The charge for inter-Island checks includes the cost of cartage between rail and steamer at Wellington. Excess luggage charges as per section 46 will apply where incurred.

  1. Liability—The Department will not be responsible for loss of, or damage or delay to, any checked luggage if such loss, damage, or delay occurs after the same has been placed in the possession, custody, or control of any carrier other than the Department, whether by land, water, or air, or of any harbour board, warehouseman, or other person, notwithstanding that the luggage may have been accepted for checking to a station on a different section of railway, or to a place that is not on the railway, nor will the Department be responsible for any delay caused by failure to place any such luggage in the possession, custody, or control of any such carrier, harbour board, warehouseman, or other person as aforesaid.


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