20. Special Trains

21. Special trains may be run and application in this regard is to be made to the District Traffic Manager.

22. Such trains will be subject to conditions and charges to be fixed by the department, which may require payment of a deposit, as a guarantee, of such sum as shall be determined.

23. The department reserves the right to decline any application, and will run special trains only at its option.

24. The department reserves to itself the right to forward any of its ordinary traffic by any special train, provided that no traffic for which the special train was ordered is thereby prevented from being carried by such train. No reduction of the special-train charges shall be made on account of the train being so utilised by the department.

25. School Season Tickets

26. Fares—Second-class season tickets, available for each standard school term as notified by the Education Department, or for any school term not exceeding 15 weeks fixed by any private school, will be issued to pupils exclusively engaged in their studies and not in receipt of salary or emolument, at the following fares:

$
For pupils under 17 years of age ... ... ... ... ... 4.40
For pupils 17 years of age or more but under 21 years of age ... 8.80

School season tickets will not be issued to university students.

2. Availability—School season tickets are available for use by the holders only when travelling to or from school for the purpose of receiving tuition or attending school functions approved by the Education Department. Unless endorsed “evening” at the time of issue or unless supported on each journey by a certificate from the principal of the school that later attendance at school was necessary for tuition or for an approved school function, they will not be available for travel by trains scheduled to leave the joining station after 6 p.m. If used for any purpose other than the foregoing they will be forfeited. They are not transferable. School season tickets will not be issued for distances exceeding 60 miles. Tickets will not be available for use on Sundays.

3. Certificates—Certificates in the appropriate form, signed by the teacher, must be produced when applications are made for tickets under this section.

4. Free School Season Tickets

5. General—Free second-class season tickets, available for each standard term as notified by the Education Department or for any school term not exceeding 15 weeks fixed by any private school, may be issued to school pupils as hereinafter set forth, between the ages of 5 years and 10 years, residing at a distance of not less than 2 miles from the school and to school pupils of 10 years and over, but under 21 years of age, residing at a distance of not less than 3 miles from the school. The tickets will be available for distances not exceeding 60 miles, and are issuable as follows:

(a) To pupils attending public primary schools from railway stations where there is no primary school in the vicinity, and only to the station in the vicinity of the nearest primary school.

(b) To pupils attending a district high school, secondary school, technical high school, or combined school, as defined by the Education Act 1914, to enable them to attend any such school.

(c) Tickets are only available to enable pupils to travel to their nearest school, provided that a free ticket may be issued to enable a pupil to attend a more distant school where in the opinion of the Director of Education suitable classes or courses of instruction are not provided at a school nearer to the pupil’s place of residence.

(d) To pupils attending private primary schools, or private secondary schools, provided that the schools are registered as such in accordance with the Education Act 1914, and provided further that in the case of a denominational school, free tickets will be issued only from stations where there is no school of that denomination in the vicinity, and then only to the station in the vicinity of the nearest such school.

(e) To pupils on the roll of a public or private primary or secondary school, or of a district high school, travelling to attend classes held at specially equipped manual-training centres.

2. (a) The conditions set out in this section may be modified in cases where the Director of Education considers that special circumstances render such modification necessary.

(b) The issue of a free school season ticket may be declined in any case where the Director of Education decides that the circumstances do not warrant the concession.

3. Availability—Free school season tickets are available for use by the holders only when travelling to or from school for the purpose of receiving tuition or attending school functions approved by the Education Department. Unless endorsed “evening” at the time of issue or unless supported on each journey by a certificate from the principal of the school that later attendance at school was necessary for tuition or for an approved school function, they will not be available for travel by trains scheduled to leave the joining station after 6 p.m. If used for any purpose other than the foregoing they will be forfeited. They are not transferable. Tickets will not be available for use on Sundays.

4. Certificates—Certificates in the appropriate form, signed by the teacher, must be produced when applications are made for tickets under this section.