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3.1.3 Where to reserve: Seats and sleeping berths may be reserved at a Corporation booking office or at an authorised booking agency.

3.1.4 Time of application: Applications for the reservation of seats and sleeping berths will be received at the booking office at the station from which the train commences its journey not later than one hour before the timetabled time of departure of the train and at other booking offices not later than two and a half hours before the timetabled time of departure of the train from the original starting station.

3.1.5 Services on which reservation required: Passengers may not join the Silver Fern, Northerner or Southerner services without a seat or sleeping berth reservation. When accommodation is available, seat or sleeping berth allocations may be obtained up to the time of departure from each stopping station.

3.1.6 Sleeping berths: Sleeping carriages will, as far as possible, be reserved for the use of passengers holding sleeping berth tickets. The Corporation reserves the right to require passengers holding sleeping berth tickets to ride in the sleeping carriages throughout the journey. The Corporation also reserves the right to accommodate any passengers not holding sleeping berth tickets in the sleeping carriages until it is necessary to make up berths for the night, when passengers who have not been allotted sleeping accommodation must move to another part of the train.

3.1.7 Occupancy of berths: Except as provided below, not more than one person shall be permitted to occupy any one berth. In no case will more than two children be permitted to occupy the same berth. The following charges will apply when sleeping berths are occupied as shown:

Parent or guardian occupying one berth with a child under four years of age … … … … … … … … … … … … One adult sleeper fare
A child under four years of age the sole occupant of one berth … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … One child sleeper fare
Two children, one under four years of age, and one 15 years of age or over sharing one berth … … … … … … … One adult sleeper fare
Two children, one under four years, and one under 15 years of age sharing one berth … … … … … … … … … … One child sleeper fare
Two children each under four years of age sharing one berth … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Two adult sleeper fares
One adult requiring exclusive use of a two berth cabin … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Two adult sleeper fares

3.2 Corporation’s rights
Notwithstanding anything contained in these provisions, the Corporation shall have the right to reserve any railway carriage, compartment, or seat on any train for any person or persons for any distance. Regulation 25 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation (General) Regulations 1982 authorises the Corporation to cancel, alter or suspend timetables at any time, and the reservation of seats and sleeping berths will be made subject to such cancellation, alteration, or suspension.

3.3 Special trains

3.3.1 Application: Special trains may be run on application to the Corporation’s appropriate District Traffic Manager.

3.3.2 Conditions and charges: Special trains will be subject to conditions and charges to be fixed by the Corporation, which may require the payment of a deposit, as a guarantee, of such sum as shall be determined.

3.3.3 Right of Corporation to decline to run special train: The Corporation reserves the right to decline any application to run a special train, and will run special trains only at its option.

3.3.4 Right of Corporation to forward ordinary traffic on special trains: The Corporation reserves 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 used by the Corporation.

3.4 Ticket restrictions
Only tickets issued specifically for use on the train services listed below shall be available for use on those services:

Silver Fern Northerner Southerner

4. LONG DISTANCE RAIL PASSENGER SERVICES : ORDINARY FARES

4.1 Silver Fern railcar service fares
The following ordinary fares shall be charged for travel on Silver Fern railcar services between Auckland and Wellington and timetabled intermediate stopping stations.