Cheap group rail fares

Press, 21 April 1984, Page 8

Cheap group rail fares

PA Wellington The Railways is offering cheap group and week-end travel across Cook Strait from May 1. Under the new rail ferry group savers scheme, which applies to all sailings throughout the year, groups of 10 or more people will receive a 10 per cent discount Groups of 30 or more are entitled to a 12.5 per cent discount > If ferry travel is combined with long distance ?ata travel, the discounts are neater under another Shallal the rail super "

group saver scheme. With the combined travel, groups of six to 10 adults will then get a 10 per cent discount on the ferry fare, while groups of 11 to 20 adults will save 20 per cent. Bigger groups will get a 25 per cent fare reduction, said the corporation’s director of shipping, Mr A. J. Mills. Under the rail super group saver scheme passengers must be travelling 100 km on a long distance train service to quality. Another cheap fare to be introduced will be the weekI •

end saver for passengers with private motor-vehicles. Passengers travelling on or between the first sailing on Fridays and the last sailing on Mondays will get a 30 per cent discount on their motor-vehicle fares, but reservations for the week-end saver cannot be made more than 14 days before travel. The week-end saver for motor-vehicles will be sold only at Railway booking offices, the Government Tourist Bureau and accredited travel agents, but not all rail ferry terminals.