New Zealand Gazette – 1973 – No. 112

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✨ Railway Freight Charges



GOODS 144

  1. Goods conveyed in Insulated Wagons, or Insulated or Refrigerated Containers

  2. Except as otherwise provided herein, charges on goods conveyed in insulated wagons, where such wagons are specially ordered, will be computed at the appropriate rate for the commodity on a minimum weight of 2 tonnes per four-wheeled wagon.

  3. Meat, fresh, frozen, or chilled consigned to a port, wharf, or container terminal for export will be charged as follows:

(a) For distances not exceeding 24 km:

(i) Insulated wagon rates:

Kilometres Not Exceeding Charge per Wagon
Per W Per V Per Vb Per Vs or Vr
$ $ $ $
3 9.78 20.90 29.23 29.88
4 9.78 20.90 29.23 29.88
5 10.42 21.55 29.88 30.60
6 10.42 21.55 29.88 30.60
7 10.42 21.55 29.88 30.60
8 11.12 22.25 30.60 31.30
9 11.12 22.25 30.60 31.30
10 11.84 22.96 31.30 32.01
11 12.55 23.68 32.01 32.67
12 13.19 24.33 32.67 33.38
13 13.90 25.03 33.38 34.08
14 13.90 25.03 33.38 34.08
15 13.90 25.03 33.38 34.08
16 14.63 25.75 34.08 34.80
17 14.63 25.75 34.08 34.80
18 15.33 26.45 34.80 35.45
19 15.97 27.10 35.45 36.15
20 16.70 27.81 36.15 36.87
21 16.70 27.81 36.15 36.87
22 17.40 28.53 36.87 37.58
23 18.11 29.23 37.58 38.23
24 18.11 29.23 37.58 38.23

(ii) Insulated or refrigerated containers (privately owned):
Two 20-ft containers loaded on a Uk wagon—each container will be charged at the V wagon rate.
One 20-ft container loaded on a Uk wagon will be charged at the Vr wagon rate.

GOODS 145

(b) For distances exceeding 24 km—at the rates provided hereunder subject to the following minimum wagon loads:

| W or WA wagons | .. | .. | 5 |
| V wagons | .. | .. | 10 |
| Vb wagons | .. | .. | 12 |
| Vr or Vs wagons| .. | .. | 13 |
| Uk wagons | .. | .. | 12 |

Rates—Meat complying with the above minima will be charged at the following rates:

Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate per Tonne Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate per Tonne Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate per Tonne
$ $ $
20 3.58 146 11.20 518 21.14
23 3.58 154 11.52 534 21.78
26 3.58 162 11.84 550 21.78
29 3.72 170 12.33 566 22.11
32 3.87 178 12.33 582 22.43
35 4.14 186 12.58 598 22.75
38 4.42 194 12.82 614 23.07
41 4.70 202 13.07 630 23.71
44 4.92 210 13.32 646 23.71
47 5.15 218 13.57 662 24.03
50 5.38 226 13.82 678 24.36
53 5.61 234 14.07 702 24.86
56 5.84 242 14.32 726 25.37
59 6.07 250 14.56 750 25.87
62 6.30 258 14.81 774 26.38
65 6.56 266 15.06 798 26.88
68 6.83 274 15.31 822 27.39
71 7.10 282 15.56 846 27.89
74 7.37 290 15.81 870 28.40
77 7.64 298 16.06 894 28.90
80 7.90 306 16.31 918 29.41
83 8.17 314 16.56 942 29.91
86 8.44 322 16.81 966 30.42
89 8.71 332 17.29 990 30.92
92 8.98 342 17.29 1014 31.43
95 9.25 358 17.77 1038 31.94
98 9.25 374 18.26
101 9.39 390 18.57 For each additional 25 km or fraction thereof add 49c per tonne.
104 9.53 406 18.89
107 9.67 422 19.21
110 9.80 438 19.86
114 9.94 454 19.86
122 10.25 470 20.18
130 10.57 486 20.50
138 10.89 502 20.83

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