Railway Luggage Regulations




13 SEPTEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

  1. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into railway carriages unless it can be placed in
    the rack without inconvenience to other passengers, nor shall any person take into or carry
    in a railway carriage any luggage which any official of the department may deem to be inconvenient or objectionable.

  2. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall send any luggage to any railway station
    beyond the destination station for which his ticket is available, nor shall any person send or
    carry as luggage any packages containing goods that are for sale or are other than his own
    bona fide property. No luggage will be accepted for transit inter-Island unless checked under
    the provisions of section 45.

  3. The department may refuse any articles which, from their bulky or objectionable character,
    it is inexpedient to carry as passengers' luggage. Packages exceeding 2 cwt in weight or 20 cu ft
    in measurement will not be accepted for conveyance as passengers' luggage. Such packages
    must be consigned, and will be conveyed and charged for at parcels or goods rates as may be
    appropriate.

  4. Each package must be in good order and, when presented for carriage, be distinctly
    addressed with the name of the passenger and the station to which he is proceeding. All old
    labels must have been removed and each package locked or otherwise properly secured. The
    department may refuse to accept for carriage any package of luggage that does not comply
    with the foregoing conditions. Trunks, suitcases, bags, and other luggage containers must
    be such as, in the opinion of the department, will enable the packages to withstand the ordinary
    incidence of transport without sustaining damage. Packages of a dangerous character or liable
    to damage other goods will not be accepted for storage or carriage as luggage.

  5. Tins of honey, whether packed or not, shall be deemed to be unfit for carriage or storage
    as luggage unless the lids of the tins are secured with three or more spots of solder. Tins
    containing berries and other soft fruits shall in all cases be deemed to be unfit for carriage or
    storage as luggage if packed in suitcases or in other packages which are not so constructed as
    to clearly show the contents and the correct side up. Passengers shall make good all damage
    to railway property or other goods arising from luggage unfit for carriage or storage being
    handed to the department.
    For insurance of luggage see section 110.

  6. Unchecked Luggage

  7. Unchecked luggage will be carried solely at the risk of the owner.

  8. Luggage to be forwarded from an attended station and not required to be checked must
    be delivered at the railway station from which the passenger is proceeding at least 10 minutes
    before the due time of departure of the train by which it is to be conveyed.

  9. Luggage to be forwarded from an unattended station must be taken to the guard's van,
    and be there handed to the guard on the train by which it is to be forwarded, immediately on
    arrival of the train at the station from which the luggage is to be conveyed.

  10. Unchecked luggage (not excess) not claimed immediately on arrival at destination station
    will be treated as lost luggage, and charged for as provided in section 49. Unchecked excess
    luggage will be granted free storage on day of arrival and seven consecutive days thereafter,
    after which period it will be treated as lost luggage.

  11. Owners of unchecked luggage for an unattended station must in all cases present themselves at the guard’s van while the train is standing at the station, and claim and take delivery
    of their luggage, failing which the luggage shall be treated as lost luggage and be taken to
    the next officered station and there stored at the risk and expense of the owner.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Checked Luggage

  15. 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 Rail ... ... 20
(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 30
(c) Kaitaia, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, or Foxton Stations in the North Island Rail and railway road services. Rail, railway road services, and Wellington-Lyttelton inter-Island steamers or Wellington-Picton/Cook Strait rail ferry service 20
Stations in the South Island 30
(d) Gisborne Stations in the North Island Rail and railway road services via Rotorua or Taneatua 20


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🚂 Conditions for Railway Luggage Carriage (Sections 4-8) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway luggage, Carriage restrictions, Prohibited items, Damaged luggage, Honey tins, Soft fruit packaging

🚂 Unchecked Luggage Regulations (Section 44)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Unchecked luggage, Passenger risk, Station delivery, Guard's van, Lost luggage, Storage fees

🚂 Checked Luggage Regulations and Fees (Section 45)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Checked luggage, Inter-island travel, Fees, North Island, South Island, Railway road services