Railway Ticket Regulations




  1. Second-class Privilege Season Tickets, available for 1 month, at one-fourth of the fares
    for monthly season tickets (section 14), subject to a minimum charge of $1.00, may be issued to
    railway employees as provided by regulations made pursuant to the Government Railways
    Act 1949 and orders of the Government Railways Industrial Tribunal.

  2. Privilege Ticket Orders—Privilege tickets will be issued only on presentation of the
    prescribed orders.

  3. Change of Route—Passengers holding privilege tickets who desire to travel by an alternative
    route will be charged at privilege-ticket rates for the additional mileage, if any, involved.
    Passengers holding privilege tickets for a longer route may be permitted to travel by a shorter
    alternative route.

  4. Availability—Privilege tickets, except season tickets, will have unlimited availability.

  5. Break of Journey—Privilege tickets based on ordinary fares will be subject to the provisions
    of section 2, paragraph 3. Privilege tickets based on local fares will be subject to the provisions
    of section 32, paragraph 3.

13. Season Tickets

  1. Conditions—(a) Season tickets are issued and must be used subject to and in conformity
    with the terms and conditions made pursuant to the Government Railways Act 1949 and
    arrangements from time to time in force on every railway on which the said tickets are available,
    including alterations in the number and times fixed for the starting or arrival of trains.
    The department is not to be liable under any circumstances for any consequences arising from
    such alterations, or for want of accommodation in any train, or for any detention or delay
    in the starting or arrival of trains.
    (b) The department is not under any circumstances whatsoever to be held liable for the discontinuance,
    whether permanent or otherwise, of the running of any trains, or for any consequences arising from
    such discontinuance.
    (c) Season tickets are available only between the stations named thereon, including (unless
    otherwise stated) intermediate stations.
    (d) Unless otherwise provided a season ticket is not transferable, and if irregularly transferred
    will, without prejudice to any other penalty for such transference, be forfeited.
    (e) A season ticket is issued on the condition that it is not available for any journey unless it
    is delivered on demand to any employee of the department. If a season ticket is not so delivered
    the holder shall pay the appropriate fare for the journey involved.
    (f) The department may decline to issue or renew a season ticket.
    (g) A season ticket is liable to forfeiture if there is a breach of any condition governing its use
    or subject to which it is issued.
    (h) The acceptance of a season ticket will be held to constitute an acceptance of the terms and
    conditions set out above and of all other terms and conditions governing its use or subject to
    which it is issued.

  2. Application for Season Tickets which are not stocked at the station concerned must be
    lodged with the department at least three clear days before the ticket is required.

  3. School Season Tickets—(a) When any railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been
    reserved for the accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school
    season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in that
    carriage or compartment.
    (b) When no railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been
    reserved for the accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school
    season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in a
    carriage or compartment or part of a carriage or compartment not reserved for smoking.
    (c) School season tickets and free school season tickets are issued subject to the condition
    that the holder does not occupy a seat when adult passengers are standing in the same compartment.
    A scholar or student travelling on any such ticket who fails to give up a seat to an adult
    shall pay the ordinary fare for the journey.
    (d) School season tickets and free school season tickets may be forfeited at the option of the
    department, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder may be liable—
    (i) In the event of the holder committing any offence against any terms or conditions
    made pursuant to the Government Railways Act 1949 governing the issue or use
    of such tickets; or
    (ii) In the event of the holder disobeying, obstructing, or hindering any employee of the
    department or damaging any railway carriage or interfering with or damaging any
    equipment or fittings therein, or being guilty of any other misconduct on the railway.

  4. Change of Class—Any holder of a season ticket travelling in a class of carriage superior to
    that for which the ticket was issued must pay the difference between the appropriate single fares
    for the respective classes.

  5. Expiry of Season Tickets—(a) Except as otherwise provided, the currency of all season
    tickets will commence on the first day and expire on the last day of a calendar month.
    (b) Expired season tickets, must be surrendered to the department, and for this purpose may
    be handed to any stationmaster, guard, or ticket collector.

  6. Season Tickets Issued for Broken Periods—A monthly season ticket (sections 14 and 16)
    may be made available from any date after commencement of a month to include the succeeding
    full month.
    The fare for such pro rata season tickets will be calculated at one-thirtieth of the monthly fare
    for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken calendar month covered by the ticket,
    plus the full fare for the succeeding month.

  7. Torn or Defaced Season Tickets will not be recognised for travel. A charge of 45c will be
    made for replacing each such ticket.

  8. Lost Season Tickets—(a) Should a season ticket be lost, immediate notice must be given to
    the department. The holder of the original ticket shall not be entitled to a duplicate ticket, but
    a duplicate ticket may, at the discretion of the department, be issued on payment of 10 percent
    of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 60c.
    (b) For the purpose of this paragraph, the value of the unexpired period for which a monthly
    season ticket is available will be calculated at one-thirtieth of the monthly fare for each day in
    the unexpired portion of the calendar month covered by the ticket.



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