DEARER TRAIN TRAVEL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160739, 27 August 1920, Page 11

DEARER TRAIN TRAVEL

NEW SCALE OF CHARGES. FARES TO GO UP ONE-FOURTH. INCREASE IN FREIGHTS. Particulate Of the increases in fares and freights oh the New Zealand railways have now been gazetted, and will come iflto force to-day. These are the increases rendered necessary by the increases in pay recently granted to the railwayman. According to tfee Gazette, passenger fares have gone up practically one-fourth, and freights where advanced have gone up varying amounts. The new scale means that the fares between Auckland and Wellington will be 65/6 flrstclasS, instead of 62/8; and 44/8 second-class, instead of 41/10. The return fares will be double these rates. There are a number of exceptions in concession tickets, the workers’ tickets, for instance, only being raised 3d up to a distance of 15 miles, and 6d for longer distances.. With certain exceptions excursion tickets show a flat rate advance of 2/- on each' ticket. With regard to freights, the advance in the case of foodstuffs is small. General merchandise on a 50-mile run goes up to 46/1 per ton from 38/1, chaff from 28/5 to 32/11, and coal from 9/3 to 10/9. Charges for parcels, luggage, and similar articles are increased by a fifth. The following table shows the increases which will rule in passenger fares (single), oh and after to-day, the new scale and the present one being set out for comparison:— New Fares. Present Fares

From 1st 2nd 1st 2nd. Auckland Class. class. class. class. To s d s d s d s d Wellington 65 G 44 8 62 8 41 10 Palmerston 52 1 35 6 SO 0 33 4 Wanganui 52 10 36 0 50 3 33 10 Marton 47 8 32 6 45 S 30 6 The following table shows the present and new fares for a number of distances from 25 miles up to the maximum distance , 490 miles:— New Rates. Present Rates 1st 2nd 1st 2nd. Distance. class. class. class. class. s d s d s d s d 20 miles 6 0 4 2 25 miles . 8 0 5 6 6 0 4 2 ,.50 miles . 13 3 9 8 11 3 7 8 TOO miles . 24 3 17 0 22 3 15 0 150 miles . 35 3 24 3 33 3 22 3 200 miles ;. . 46 5 31 8 44 5 29 8 300 miles . . 68 3 46 5 66 3 44 5 400 miles' ". . 90 5 61 0 S8 5 59 0 490 miles . 110 2 74 2 108 2 72 2