✨ Railway Freight Regulations
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Rates—Motor bicycles accompanying passengers will be charged on the actual mileage
to be travelled, i.e., the route covered by the passenger ticket held, at the following rates,
owners to load and unload:
Miles Not Exceeding Not Exceeding Over 120 lb and Over 175 lb 120 lb not exceeding 175 lb 25 $ $ $ ... 0.97 1.21 1.64 50 ... 1.45 1.88 ... ... ... 2.54 100 ... 1.88 2.42 ... ... ... 3.27 150 ... 2.30 2.85 ... ... ... 4.11 200 ... 2.66 3.33 ... ... ... 4.84 250 ... 2.97 3.70 ... ... ... 5.45 300 ... 3.33 4.24 ... ... ... 6.17 350 ... 3.70 4.84 ... ... ... 6.84 400 ... 4.18 5.20 ... ... ... 7.33 450 ... 4.48 5.57 ... ... ... 7.93 500 ... 4.91 6.00 For every additional 50 miles or part ... 0.43 0.48 thereof ... ... 0.73 -
Motor bicycles or motor scooters with trailers or sidecars attached, also go-karts, will be
charged at double parcels rates, section 55, and will be conveyed in guard’s vans of passenger
and mixed trains only at the convenience of the department. They will not be carried on express
trains. Sidecars detached from motor bicycles will be charged on actual weight at rate and a
quarter, parcels rates, section 55. Terminal charges will be additional.
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Motor scooters will be charged as motor bicycles.
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General Conditions---Each passenger will be allowed to take only one motor bicycle at the
above rates, which in each case must be prepaid.
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Motor bicycles when charged with benzine or any inflammable liquid will not be accepted
for conveyance by rail. In addition, the battery leads must be disconnected from the battery and
tied back in such a manner that they cannot touch the battery terminals while in transit.
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The department will not be responsible for motor bicycles left about the premises of the
railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the department. Any such bicycles found
about the premises of the railway will be treated as lost luggage, and charged for as provided
in section 49.
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Storage—Motor bicycles not claimed immediately after arrival at destination station will
be allowed free storage on the day of arrival; after that time they will be charged for storage as
follows:
Per Day or Part
Thereof
c
Per motor bicycle ... ... ... ... ... ... 12
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Parcels Traffic, Conditions of Carriage, and Classification
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Except as may be otherwise provided, parcels traffic specifically named or described in the
following classification will be charged for carriage by railway at the rates and charges set forth
in sections 55 to 63 inclusive, as indicated.
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The charges on consignments forwarded under the provisions of sections 54 to 56 inclusive
and 58 to 63 inclusive must be prepaid, provided that in the case of an unattended station,
or of an attended station at a time when no employee is on duty, parcels traffic may, at the
discretion of the department, be accepted without prepayment of freight subject to an additional
charge of 25c per consignment.
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The following goods shall unless a request is made in writing that such goods be received,
held, and carried at the risk of the department, under and subject to the provisions of section
110, be received, held, and carried at the sole risk in all respects of the owner:
(a) All goods mentioned in the following classification and followed by the words “Owner’s
risk”.(b) All goods received, held, and carried under the provisions of sections 56 to 61 inclusive.
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(a) Except where otherwise provided, each parcel will be charged for separately.
(b) Parcels Booked Between Two Separate Sections of Railway---The charges for each section
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The word “dangerous” used in relation to goods denotes that the goods will be conveyed
under the regulations applicable to explosives and dangerous goods.
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Parcels Charged on Grouped Weight---(a) Where the rate for commodities listed in the
following classification is qualified by the words “grouped weight”, it is intended that when
more parcels than one consisting of the commodity listed are consigned in one consignment,
such parcels will be charged upon the total weight of each commodity at the appropriate
rate. Each 2 cwt or part thereof in excess of the first 2 cwt will be charged as a separate con-
signment.
(b) The terminal charge as provided in section 55, paragraph 2, will be computed on the
total weight of each commodity.
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NZ Gazette 1971, No 68
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🚂 Motor Bicycle Freight Rates and Conditions of Carriage
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMotor bicycles, Freight rates, Railway, Parcels traffic, Conditions of carriage, Dangerous goods, Owner's risk, Storage charges
🚂 Parcels Traffic Conditions of Carriage and Classification
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsParcels traffic, Conditions of carriage, Classification, Freight charges, Prepayment, Owner's risk, Dangerous goods, Grouped weight