RAILWAY FARES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3058, 20 April 1917, Page 6

RAILWAY FARES

CHANGE IN TICKET SYSTEM.

Important alterations in the scale of fares and other changes for railway transportation are gazetted. These changes were referred to in the Minister's statement on the reduced services, but the Gazette notice gives details. ■ . ■ . ■'.''•

■.•Under the old regulations single tickets for distances over 20 miles were available for one month, and return tickets over 10 miles for three months. Under the new regulations single tickets for over 20 miles and return tickets for over 10 miles "will be available for .three days, inter-island tickets for.four days, and return tickets will not bo issued for distances over 100 miles. ..•'■■' Holiday excursion tickets, single commutation tiqkets, . family commutation tickets, and workers' commutation tickets are abolished, and instead a scheme of ,-weekly twelve-trip tickets will be instituted, and the tickets issued subject to the following rules: — "■'•-'. "Weekly twelve-trip tickets are issued for. distances . not exceeding twenty-five miles.. They are available for use only between the stations specified thereon, and will be issued only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station and for'use by the purchaser when travelling second class only. "They will expire on Saturday of the ■week .in which issued, and are limited to one-outward and one homeward trip per day. They are not available for break of journey nor for use on Sundays. No reduction in charge will lie made for children. Holders" of weekly twelve-trip tickets will be charged the 'full ordinary first-class fare when found travelling in first-class carriages.. ".The portions of-a ticket are-avail-able for use only .on the day of the week named thereon, provided such portions are used on the specified days and during the week for which the. ticket is available. Portions not.so used are not available for use at any other time.- " "The tickets are not transferable, and will be charged as follows: Second Second , Second

"The special fares for Technical School pupils, for school parties, factories,, and friendly'societies, for sports/teams'and pleasure parties, for A. and P. how judges going to shows, for_ delegates to meetings of friendly societies and religious hodies are cancelled.- • Return tickets on all suburban-lines are to bo available for return up to the day following date of issue,-or from Saturday to the following Monday. "The concessions for the carriage <rf racehorses, polo ponies, hunters, and volunteer horses are abolished."

Miles. Class. Miles. Glass Miles. 01ms. s. d. . s. d. . s. d. 2 16 10 5 6 18 9 6 3 2 0 11 ■•'. 6 fl 19 ' 10 0 4 2 6 12 6 6 20 10 6 . f, J 0 . 13 7 ■ 0 21 11 0 6 3 6 14. 7 6 ' .22 11 6 7 4 0 15 8 0 23 12 0 8 ' 4 6 16 E 6 24 -12 6 . 9 5 0 -17 .90 25' 13 0