S.I. No. 284/1947 - Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland)) Order, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 284.

TRANSPORT ACT, 1944 (ALTERATION OF MAXIMUM RAILWAY CHARGES OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (IRELAND)) ORDER, 1947.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 89 of the Transport Act, 1944 (No. 21 of 1944), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland)) Order, 1947.

2. The maximum charges applicable to the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) for traffic by rail are hereby altered in accordance with the Schedule to this Order and such altered charges shall come into operation on the date of this Order.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Maximum railway charges applicable to the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) as modified and set out in the undermentioned pages of the Order of the Court of the Railway Tribunal dated the 9th August, 1943, under the provisions of Section 31 of the Railways Act, 1924 , to be altered as follows:—

Maximum railway charges as modified and set out in the Order of the Court of the Railway Tribunal dated 9th August, 1943, in the undermentioned pages thereof :—		To be altered as follows :—
Pages 1 to 77 (both inclusive)	}	Charges to be increased by twelve per cent., subject to Condition " A " below.
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" 104"119 " "
" 78" 83 " "
" 101"103 " "
" 120"122 " "
" 177"196 " "
" 198"204 " "
" 206" 207 " "
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Pages 123to 126 (both inclusive)	}	Charges to be increased by twenty per cent., subject to Condition " A " below.
" 130"164 " "	}
" 166"176 " "
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Condition " A " referred to above :

In determining the amount to be added to the existing maximum charge fractions of one penny if less than one-half to be dropped and if one-half or more to be charged as one penny.

Condition " B " referred to above :

In determining the amount to be added to the existing maximum charge fractions of ·01 of one penny if less than ·005 to be dropped and if ·005 or more to be charged as ·01 of one penny.

PART II.

Substitution for the appropriate maximum railway charges in operation immediately prior to the date upon which this Order shall take effect of the altered maximum railway charges as set out hereinafter :—

CHARGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS :

(i) For each passenger carried in a Third Class compartment—1·86d. per mile.

(ii) Scale of charges for Ordinary Season Tickets :

TWELVE MONTHS
Distance Miles	First Class			Second Class
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Up to3	7	18	10	6	7	1
4	10	6	6	8	5	2
5	12	14	1	10	3	4
6	14	12	3	11	13	9
7	15	17	8	12	14	1
8	17	9	5	13	19	6
9	19	1	2	15	4	11
10	20	13	0	16	10	4
11	21	19	8	17	12	8
12	23	6	11	18	13	5
13	24	14	2	19	15	2
14	26	0	11	20	18	0
15	27	7	7	21	18	4
16	28	14	11	23	0	8
17	30	2	2	24	1	6
18	31	8	11	25	3	10
19	32	15	7	26	4	2
20	34	2	11	27	6	4
21	35	8	5	28	6	8
22	36	13	10	29	7	8
23	37	19	2	30	6	9
24	39	4	7	31	7	0
25	40	10	0	32	8	0
26	41	15	5	33	7	1
27	43	0	10	34	9	4
28	44	6	3	35	8	5
29	45	11	8	36	8	8
30	46	17	0	37	9	7
Add for every additional mile	1	5	0	1	1	0

(iii) Scales of Exceptional charges for Season Tickets between specified points :

(a)

TWELVE MONTHS
Dublin with	First Class			Second Class
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Clontarf	4	19	0	3	19	6
Raheny		*		8	2	3
Howth Jct.	12	14	1	10	3	3
Sutton	14	17	0	11	11	0
Howth	17	6	6	13	12	3
Hill of Howth	21	3	6	17	9	3
(via Sutton or Howth)
Portmarnock		*		12	6	5
Malahide	19	1	2	15	4	11
Donabate	23	0	8	18	2	1
Rush and Lusk	25	8	2	20	6	8
Skerries	28	11	9	23	0	8
Balbriggan	31	15	3	25	8	2
Gormanston	34	18	9	27	0	0
Laytown	36	10	7	28	11	9
Drogheda	38	18	3	31	15	3

*Note.—Existing statutory maximum charge remains unaltered.

(b)

SIX MONTHS
Dublin with	First Class			Second Class
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Clontarf	2	17	2	2	1	3
Killester		*		2	17	2
Sutton	8	11	7	6	12	0
Howth	9	10	7	7	12	4
Hill of Howth	11	19	0	10	0	9
(via Sutton or Howth)
Skerries	15	14	6		*

(c)

THREE MONTHS
Dublin with	First Class			Second Class
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Clontarf	1	8	7	1	2	3
Killester	1	18	3		*
Sutton		*		3	9	10
Skerries	8	5	2		*

(d)

ONE MONTH
Dublin with	First Class		Second Class		Third Class
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Clontarf	11	7	8	3	*
Killester	15	2	11	7	*
Sutton	*		*		19	3

*Note.—Existing statutory maximum charge remains unaltered.

CHARGES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF MERCHANDISE BY PASSENGER TRAIN OR OTHER SIMILAR SERVICE : STATION TO STATION.

(iv) Scale of charges for the carriage of horses in horse boxes by Passenger Train or other similar service:

Distance not exceeding	Number of horses from the same Consignor to the same Consignee
One(*)				Two				Three
Miles	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
3	15	1	12	1	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
4	15	1	12	1	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
5	15	1	12	1	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
6	15	1	12	1	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
7	15	7	12	6	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
8	15	7	12	6	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
9	15	7	12	6	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
10	16	2	13	11	21	10	17	5	28	11	23	1
11	16	2	13	11	22	11	18	4	30	7	24	5
12	16	2	13	11	24	1	19	4	32	1	25	7
13	16	2	13	11	25	5	20	2	33	8	27	0
14	16	11	13	11	26	7	21	2	35	2	28	2
15	17	5	13	11	27	8	22	1	37	0	29	6
16	18	2	14	5	28	11	23	1	38	4	30	7
17	18	8	14	11	30	4	24	1	40	0	32	0
18	19	4	15	5	31	5	25	1	41	5	33	1
19	19	8	15	10	32	7	26	7	43	1	34	5
20	20	7	16	5	33	8	27	8	44	8	35	7
21	21	0	16	8	35	1	28	11	46	2	37	0
22	21	10	17	5	36	2	30	0	47	8	38	2
23	22	1	18	6	37	5	31	2	49	6	40	6
24	22	11	18	6	39	4	32	4	50	10	41	7
25	23	6	19	8	41	7	34	8	53	1	43	11
26	25	5	20	10	42	10	35	11	54	4	45	1
27	25	5	20	10	43	11	37	0	56	8	47	5
28	26	7	22	0	46	2	38	2	57	10	48	6
29	27	8	23	1	47	5	39	4	61	4	50	10
30	27	8	23	1	48	6	40	6	62	5	52	0
31	28	11	24	4	50	10	42	10	64	8	54	4
32	30	0	25	5	53	1	43	11	67	0	55	5
33	30	0	25	5	54	4	45	1	69	4	57	10
34	32	4	26	7	55	5	46	2	70	6	59	0
35	33	7	27	8	56	8	47	5	73	11	61	4
36	33	7	27	8	57	10	48	6	75	1	62	5
37	34	8	28	11	61	4	50	10	77	5	64	8
38	35	11	30	0	62	5	52	0	78	6	65	11
39	35	11	30	0	63	7	53	1	80	11	68	2
40	37	0	31	2	64	8	54	4	83	2	69	4
41	39	4	32	4	67	0	55	5	85	6	71	7
42	39	4	32	4	68	2	56	8	87	10	72	10
43	40	6	33	7	70	6	59	0	90	1	75	1
44	41	7	34	8	71	7	60	1	91	4	76	2
45	41	7	34	8	73	11	61	4	94	8	78	6
46	42	10	35	11	75	1	62	5	95	11	79	10
47	43	11	37	0	76	2	63	7	98	2	82	1
48	43	11	37	0	77	5	64	8	99	4	83	2
49	46	2	38	2	80	11	67	0	102	11	85	6
50	47	5	39	4	82	1	68	2	104	0	86	8
51	47	5	39	4	83	2	69	4	106	4	89	0
52	48	6	40	6	84	5	70	6	108	8	90	1
53	49	8	41	7	85	6	71	7	110	11	92	5

* Where one horse occupies two or three stalls these charges may be increased by 50%, fractions of one penny in the total charge being reckoned as one penny.

(iv) Scale of charges for the carriage of horses in horse boxes by Passenger Train or other similar service.—(continued) :

Distance not exceeding	Number of horses from the same Consignor to the same Consignee
One(*)				Two				Three
Miles	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
54	49	8	41	7	87	10	72	10	112	1	93	7
55	50	10	42	10	90	1	75	1	115	6	95	11
56	53	1	43	11	91	4	76	2	116	8	97	0
57	53	1	43	11	92	5	77	5	119	0	99	4
58	54	4	45	1	94	8	78	6	120	1	100	6
59	55	5	46	2	95	11	79	10	123	7	102	11
60	55	5	46	2	97	0	80	11	124	8	104	0
61	56	8	47	5	99	4	83	2	127	1	106	4
62	57	10	48	6	101	7	84	5	129	5	107	6
63	57	10	48	6	102	11	85	6	131	10	109	10
64	60	1	49	8	104	0	86	8	132	11	110	11
65	61	4	50	10	105	2	87	10	136	4	113	2
66	61	4	50	10	106	4	89	0	137	6	114	5
67	62	5	52	0	109	10	91	4	139	10	116	8
68	63	7	53	1	110	11	92	5	140	11	117	10
69	63	7	53	1	112	1	93	7	144	5	120	1
70	64	8	54	4	113	2	94	8	145	6	121	4
71	67	0	55	5	115	6	95	11	147	10	123	7
72	67	0	55	5	116	8	97	0	150	2	124	8
73	68	2	56	8	119	0	99	4	152	6	127	1
74	69	4	57	10	120	1	100	6	153	8	128	4
75	69	4	57	10	122	5	101	7	157	1	130	7
76	70	6	59	0	123	7	102	11	158	4	131	8
77	71	7	60	1	124	8	104	0	160	7	134	0
78	71	7	60	1	126	0	105	2	161	8	135	2
79	73	11	61	4	129	5	107	6	165	2	137	6
80	75	1	62	5	130	7	108	8	166	4	138	7
81	75	1	62	5	131	8	109	10	168	8	140	11
82	76	2	63	7	132	11	110	11	170	11	142	1
83	77	5	64	8	134	0	112	1	173	4	144	5
84	77	5	64	8	136	4	113	2	174	6	145	6
85	78	6	65	11	138	7	115	6	176	7	147	10
86	80	11	67	0	139	10	116	8	179	1	149	1
87	80	11	67	0	140	11	117	10	181	5	151	5
88	82	1	68	2	143	2	119	0	182	6	152	6
89	83	2	69	4	144	5	120	1	186	0	154	10
90	83	2	69	4	145	6	121	4	187	1	156	0
91	84	5	70	6	147	10	123	7	189	5	158	4
92	85	6	71	7	150	2	124	8	191	8	159	5
93	85	6	71	7	151	5	126	0	194	0	161	8
94	87	10	72	10	152	6	127	1	195	4	162	11
95	89	0	73	11	153	8	128	4	198	8	165	2
96	89	0	73	11	154	10	129	5	199	11	166	4
97	90	1	75	1	158	4	131	8	202	2	168	8
98	91	4	76	2	159	5	132	11	203	4	169	10
99	91	4	76	2	160	7	134	0	206	10	172	2
100	92	5	77	5	161	8	135	2	207	11	173	4
101	94	8	78	6	164	0	136	4	210	2	175	7
102	94	8	78	6	165	2	137	6	212	6	176	10
103	95	11	79	10	167	6	139	10	214	10	179	1
104	97	0	80	11	168	8	140	11	216	0	180	2
105	97	0	80	11	170	11	142	1	219	6	182	6
106	98	2	82	1	172	2	143	2	220	8	183	8
107	99	4	83	2	173	4	144	5	223	0	186	0

* Where one horse occupies two or three stalls these charges may be increased by 50%, fractions of one penny in the total charge being reckoned as one penny.

(iv) Scale of charges for the carriage of horses in horse boxes by Passenger Train or other similar service—(continued) :

Distance not exceeding	Number of horses from the same Consignor to the same Consignee
One(*)				Two				Three
Miles	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
108	99	4	83	2	174	6	145	6	224	1	187	1
109	101	7	84	5	177	11	147	10	227	7	189	5
110	102	11	85	6	179	1	149	1	228	8	190	7
111	102	11	85	6	180	2	150	2	231	0	192	11
112	104	0	86	8	181	5	151	5	233	4	194	0
113	105	2	87	10	182	6	152	6	235	7	196	5
114	105	2	87	10	184	10	153	8	236	10	197	7
115	106	4	89	0	187	1	156	0	240	2	199	11
116	108	8	90	1	188	4	157	1	241	6	201	0
117	108	8	90	1	189	5	158	4	243	4	203	4
118	109	10	91	4	191	8	159	5	244	11	204	6
119	110	11	92	5	192	11	160	7	248	5	206	10
120	110	11	92	5	194	0	161	8	249	6	207	11

* Where one horse occupies two or three stalls these charges may be increased by 50 per cent., fractions of one penny in the total charge being reckoned as one penny.

(v) Scale of charges for the carriage of animal drawn vehicles by Passenger Train or other similar service :

Distances not exceeding	Per Vehicle
2 Wheels				4 Wheels
Miles :	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
3	13	1	10	6	17	6	14	0
4	13	8	10	11	17	11	14	5
5	14	0	11	2	18	5	14	8
6	14	5	11	7	18	11	15	2
7	14	8	11	11	19	5	15	10
8	15	2	12	4	20	4	16	4
9	15	10	12	7	21	0	16	10
10	16	1	13	0	21	6	17	4
11	16	10	13	4	22	5	17	11
12	17	2	13	8	22	10	18	2
13	17	6	14	0	23	7	18	11
14	17	11	14	5	24	2	19	4
15	18	5	14	8	24	6	19	7
16	18	11	15	1	24	11	20	0
17	19	4	15	5	25	7	20	6
18	19	7	15	10	26	4	21	0
19	20	0	16	1	27	0	21	6
20	20	6	16	6	27	10	22	1
21	21	0	16	10	28	5	22	7
22	21	6	17	2	28	11	23	1
23	21	11	17	6	29	5	23	6
24	22	5	17	11	29	11	23	10

(v) Scale of charges for the carriage of animal drawn vehicles by Passenger Train or other similar service—(continued) :

Distances not exceeding	Per Vehicle
2 Wheels				4 Wheels
Miles	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
25	22	10	18	2	30	6	24	2
26	23	1	18	7	31	0	24	8
27	23	7	18	11	31	6	25	2
28	24	6	19	7	32	11	26	4
29	25	2	20	4	33	7	27	0
30	26	4	21	0	35	0	28	0
31	27	4	21	8	36	1	28	11
32	28	0	22	5	37	1	29	10
33	28	11	23	1	38	6	30	10
34	29	10	23	10	39	11	31	11
35	30	7	24	6	40	10	32	7
36	31	6	25	2	42	0	33	7
37	32	5	25	11	43	1	34	6
38	33	4	26	7	44	1	35	5
39	34	1	27	4	45	6	36	5
40	35	0	28	0	46	8	37	4
41	35	11	28	8	48	0	38	4
42	36	10	29	5	49	0	39	2
43	37	10	30	1	50	5	40	4
44	38	6	30	10	51	1	41	0
45	39	5	31	6	52	6	42	0
46	40	4	32	2	53	7	42	11
47	41	1	32	11	54	7	43	10
48	42	0	33	7	56	0	44	10
49	42	11	34	4	57	1	45	8
50	43	10	35	0	58	10	47	4
51	44	7	35	8	59	11	48	1
52	45	4	36	2	60	11	49	0
53	46	2	36	11	62	1	49	11
54	47	1	37	7	63	2	50	10
55	47	10	38	4	64	2	51	7
56	48	8	38	11	65	4	52	6
57	49	6	39	7	66	6	53	5
58	50	5	40	4	67	7	54	4
59	51	1	41	0	68	7	55	1
60	52	0	41	8	69	8	56	0
61	52	11	42	5	70	8	56	11
62	53	7	42	11	71	10	57	10
63	54	5	43	7	73	0	58	7
64	55	4	44	4	74	0	59	6
65	56	2	45	0	75	4	60	5
66	57	1	45	8	76	4	61	4
67	57	10	46	2	77	5	62	1
68	58	7	46	11	78	7	63	0
69	59	6	47	7	79	7	63	11
70	60	2	48	1	80	8	64	10
71	61	1	48	10	81	8	65	7
72	61	10	49	5	82	10	66	6
73	62	8	50	1	84	0	67	5
74	63	6	50	10	85	1	68	4
75	64	5	51	6	86	1	69	1
76	65	4	52	2	87	2	70	0
77	66	0	52	8	88	2	70	11
78	66	11	53	5	89	5	71	10
79	67	7	54	1	90	6	72	8
80	68	5	54	7	91	6	73	6

(v) Scale of charges for the carriage of animal drawn vehicles by Passenger Train or other similar service.—(continued):

Distances not exceeding	Per Vehicle
2 Wheels				4 Wheels
Miles	Ordinary		Owner's Risk		Ordinary		Owner's Risk
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
81	69	4	55	4	92	7	74	5
82	70	0	55	10	93	7	75	4
83	70	11	56	6	94	11	76	1
84	71	10	57	2	95	11	77	0
85	72	8	57	11	97	1	77	11
86	73	6	58	7	98	2	78	10
87	74	2	59	2	99	2	79	7
88	75	1	59	11	100	4	80	6
89	76	0	60	8	101	6	81	5
90	76	10	61	4	102	7	82	4
91	77	6	61	10	103	7	83	1
92	78	5	62	6	104	8	84	0
93	79	4	63	2	105	11	84	11
94	80	2	63	11	106	11	85	10
95	81	0	64	7	108	0	86	7
96	81	11	65	1	109	0	87	6
97	82	7	66	0	110	4	88	5
98	83	6	66	6	111	4	89	4
99	84	5	67	2	112	5	90	1
100	85	2	67	11	113	7	91	0
101	86	1	68	7	114	7	91	11
102	86	10	69	1	115	6	92	7
103	87	8	69	10	116	7	93	6
104	88	5	70	5	117	5	94	2
105	89	4	70	11	118	6	95	0
106	90	0	71	7	119	5	95	8
107	90	10	72	1	120	5	96	8
108	91	6	72	10	121	4	97	4
109	92	5	73	6	122	4	98	2
110	93	1	74	0	123	2	98	11
111	94	0	74	8	124	4	99	10
112	94	8	75	4	125	1	100	6
113	95	7	76	0	126	2	101	4
114	96	4	76	6	127	1	102	0
115	97	1	77	2	128	1	102	11
116	97	10	77	8	129	0	103	7
117	98	8	78	5	130	0	104	6
118	99	5	78	11	130	11	105	2
119	100	4	79	7	132	0	106	1
120	101	0	80	2	132	10	106	10

(vi) Scale of charges for the carriage of Dogs (accompanied) by Passenger Train

Distance Miles	Per dog
	s.	d.
61 to 80	2	11
81 to 100	3	7

(vii) Scale of charges for the carriage of Calves, Rams, Sheep, Goats, Lambs, Kids and Pigs in crates, by Passenger train or other similar service :

Distance Miles	Each
	s.	d.
Up to 25	5	4
26 "50	6	10
51 "75	8	5
76 "100	10	6
101 "150	13	8

(viii) Scale of charges for the carriage of Corpses without hearse by Passenger Train or other similar service :

	Per Mile
	s.	d.
Child under 12 years		10

(ix) Scale of Exceptional charges for the carriage at Owner's Risk of Tobacco and Cigarettes by Passenger Train or other similar service : Dublin with Navan, Ballybeg and Kells :

Weight lbs.
	s.	d.
Up to 7	1	6
8 "14	2	1
15 "21	2	8
22 "28	3	1
29 "35	3	7
36 "42	4	0
43 "49	4	6
50 "56	5	0
57 "63	5	5
64 "70	5	10
71 "77	6	3
78 "84	6	9
85 "91	7	2
92 "98	7	8
99 "105	8	2
Per cwt.	8	9

(x) Scale of Exceptional charges for the carriage at Owner's Risk of Laundry by Passenger Train or other similar service : Dublin with Navan, Ballybeg and Kells :

Per cwt.
s.	d.
4	6

CHARGES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS IN CLASS 3 OF THE STATUTORY RAILWAY CLASSIFICATION APPLICABLE TO THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (IRELAND) BY MERCHANDISE TRAIN BETWEEN DUBLIN AND BALLYBEG KELLS AND NAVAN :—

DUBLIN and	Station to Station
	per ton
	s.	d
Ballybeg	37	3
Kells	38	10
Navan	34	2

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 25th day of August, 1947.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.