Railway Regulations




  1. (a) Child fares will be charged children of 4 years of age and under 15 years of age.
    Children under 4 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

(b) The following charges will apply when berths are occupied as shown—
Parent or guardian occupying one berth with a child under 4
years of age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A child under 4 years of age occupying one berth (sole occupant)
Two children, one under 4 years of age, and one 15 years of age
or over (in one berth)
Two children, each over 4 years and under 15 years of age (in
one berth)
Two children, one under 4 years, and one under 15 years of age
(in one berth)
Two children, each under 4 years of age (in one berth)
One adult requiring exclusive use of a twinette cabin . . . . .
One adult fare.
One child fare.
One adult fare.
One child fare.
Two adult fares.

Except as provided above, not more than one person will be permitted to occupy any one
berth. In no case will more than two children be permitted to occupy the same berth.

  1. Conditions:—(a) Silver Star tickets will not be transferable, and will not be available
    for break of journey.
    (b) Passengers who hold tickets must claim their berths not later than 1 hour after the
    departure of the train from the station at which they are booked to join the train.

  2. Ordering and Allotment of Berths and Cabins:—(a) Roomette cabins or twinette berths.
    Berths or cabins may be reserved at any station where there is an officer in charge, or at
    authorised booking agencies. The department reserves the right to cancel trains and alter
    train timetables without notice, and reservations of berths or cabins will be made subject
    to such cancellation or alteration.
    (b) Application for the reservation of berths or cabins will be received as under:
    (i) At the station from which the train commences its journey—not later than 1 hour
    before the timetable time of departure of the train from the starting station.
    (ii) At other stations or offices—not later than $2 \frac{1}{2}$ hours before the timetable time of
    departure of the train from the original starting station.
    (c) When a passenger books a berth or cabin, the station at which he will join the train
    must be stated. If the passenger later desires to join at a different station, he must notify the
    original joining station before the train arrives there.
    (d) The department reserves to itself the right to realloit a berth or cabin which has been
    reserved and has not been claimed by the passenger within 1 hour after the departure of the
    train from the station for which the berth or cabin was reserved, or in any case in which the
    notice specified in the preceding paragraph is not given.
    (e) The department will as far as possible adhere to its original allotment of berths or
    cabins, but reserves the right to change the allotment in order to distribute the available berths
    or cabins to the best advantage or for any other reason considered by the department to be
    sufficient.

  3. Cancellation of Berths or Cabins:—Passengers who desire to cancel berths or cabins
    previously paid for may be permitted to do so, and, provided application for refund or
    transfer is made not later than 4 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of train from the
    starting station, will be granted a refund less the deduction prescribed in section 31, or a
    transfer if required.

  4. Restrictions on Travel by Specified Trains

  5. General—Any person who travels by a train for any journey which, according to the
    department’s timetables or other public notice, he is not entitled to make by that train, shall,
    without prejudice to any other penalty to which he may be liable, pay the appropriate fare
    for the shortest journey which he is entitled to make by that train.

  6. Concession Ticket Restrictions—(a) Tickets issued under the provisions of the following
    sections are not available for travel by—
    (i) Railcar services between Christchurch and Dunedin.
    Sections
    5
    10
    21
    (b) Tickets issued under the provisions of the following sections are not available for travel
    by No. 333 and No. 666 special express railcar services between Wellington and Auckland,
    for which special fares are provided in section 28, paragraph 1—
    Sections
    2
    5
    6
    8
    10
    12
    14
    Sections
    22
    23
    32
    Sections
    16
    21
    22
    23
    26
    32



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🚂 Silver Star Train Fares and Conditions

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway fares, Child fares, Berths, Cabins, Silver Star, Train travel, Booking conditions, Cancellation policy

🚂 Restrictions on Travel by Specified Trains

🚂 Transport & Communications
Train restrictions, Concession tickets, Railcar services, Special express railcars, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin