--------------------+------+---------+---------------------------
| |Ordinary | Truck Loads.
| Fast | Goods +--------+--------+---------
DISTANCES. |Goods.|less than|Class A.|Class B.|Class C.
| | 5 tons. | | |
--------------------+------+---------+--------+--------+---------
|Cents.| Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents.
1 to 50 kilometres| 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02
51 to 150 ” | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01
151 to 250 ” | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01
251 and upwards | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01
--------------------+------+---------+--------+--------+---------
NOTE.--One cent. per 1,000 kilogrammes per kilometre equals 0.327d.
per ton per mile.
Terminal charges per 1,000 kilos.:-- s. d.
Fast Goods Fl. 2.50 { Including loading } (4/2)
Ordinary Goods ” 1.50 { and unloading } (2/6)
Class A. ” 0.90 (1/6)
” B. ” 0.80 (1/4)
” C. ” 0.70 (1/2)
Consignments of Fast Goods and Piece Goods weighing less than 50
kilos. (1 cwt.) are charged as for 50 kilos.--the minimum charge per
freight note being 60 cents. (1s.) by Fast Train; 30 cents. (6d.) by
Goods Train.
To the “Ordinary Goods” class belong all goods in lots of less than
5 tons carried by Goods Train; to the “Truck Load,” class A--all
goods in 5 ton lots, or paying as for 5 tons, which, according to
the classification, do not belong to classes B or C. Classes B and C
comprise Truck Loads of 5 and 10 tons respectively of such goods as
are specified in the classification.
On the DUTCH STATES AND CENTRAL RAILWAYS the mileage rates for
local traffic are the same as the foregoing scale for through
traffic; but the terminals vary as under:--
Terminals
per Ton of
1,000 Kilos.
Fast Goods Fl. 1.40 { including loading } (2/4)
Ordinary Goods ” 0.90 { and unloading } (1/6)
Class A. ” 0.70 (1/2)
” B. ” 0.70 (1/2)
” C. ” 0.70 (1/2)
On the HOLLAND RAILWAY the mileage rates and the terminals for local
traffic are as follows:--
Mileage rates Terminals
per Ton, and per Ton of
per Kilometre. 1,000 Kilos.
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