SUBURBAN TRAIN FARES

Southland Times, Issue 23182, 24 April 1937, Page 8

SUBURBAN TRAIN FARES

Changes Announced NEW 12-TRIP WEEKLY TICKET In a statement to the Press the Minister of Railways (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) announced some important changes in the suburban fares and conditions of travel for passengers using the various types of season and commutation tickets. “The most important change that the Government has decided upon,” said Mr Sullivan, “is that both the workers weekly tickets and the weekly 12-tnp tickets at present in use in areas where workers’ weekly tickets are issuable will in the main be superseded by a new suburban 12-trip weekly “The effect of this change is that both 8 o’clock and 9 o’clock workers in such areas as well as other regular travellers will be able to use the new suburban 12-trip tickets which will be available for six outward and six homeward journeys at any time of the day from Monday to Saturday of each week. The new type of ticket will be a more suitable and generally more useful class of commutation, ticket than, any at present available to regular suburban travellers. It provides cheap rates for a small outlay .at the time of purchase and unrestricted rights with respect to the hours of travel. “For distances over three miles, the new suburban 12-trip ticket will cost three pence more a week than the existing workers’ weekly ticket, but for a farthing a trip the necessity tor completing the outward journey before 8 a.m. is removed; also, in distinction to the present workers weekly ticket, which is restricted to one outward and one homeward trip a day, the new 12-trip ticket will, as already mentioned, be available for six outward and six homeward trips by the holder at any time during the week from Monday to Saturday. Six-Trip Transferable Ticket

“As a further encouragement to the use of trains in suburban area, it is intended to bring out a new type of bearer ticket suitable for the use of the suburban residents who are not daily travellers. This will be available for six second class single trips in either direction at any time up to the end of the month following the month of issue, and it will be transferable; that is, more than one person may travel on the ticket, as in the case of transferable tram tickets. “The rates, particularly for the longer distances, are substantially below those for ordinary single or return suburban tickets. The inducement to use the trains held out by the lower cost ,of the six-trip tickets should be attractive to the public, as the purchase of these tickets does not involve so much outlay as is required for the 12-trip bearer tickets which are available for a period of three months and can be purchased for first or second class travel. “A slight increase is being made in. the charge for ordinary season tickets for distances from one to three miles in order to bring the charges into conformity with those for the new standard weekly tickets. It is proposed to introduce the changes as from Monday, May 3.”

Changes In Rates

The following schedule shows the changes in rates for tie various distances travelled in suburban areas: — New

Suburban. Weekly 12-Trip Present Workers’ Weekly Present Weekly 12-Trip Miles Ticket Fare Fare 1 1/9 1/10 1/9 2 1/9 1/10 1/9 3 2/3 2/2 2/3 4 2/9 2/6 2/9 5 3/2/9 3/3 6 3/3 3/3/9 7 3/6 3/3 4/3 8 3/9 3/6 4/9 9 4/3/9 5/6 10 4/3 6/11 4/6 4/3 6/6 12 4/9 4/6 .7/13 5/4/9 7/6 14 5/2 4/11 8/15 5/3 5/8/6 16 5/5 5/2 9/17 5/6 5/3 9/6 18 5/8 5/5 10/19 5/10 5/7 10/6 20 5/11 5/8 11/-