S.I. No. 271/1951 - Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1951.


S.I. No. 271 of 1951.

TRANSPORT ACT, 1944 (ALTERATION OF MAXIMUM RAILWAY CHARGES OF THE LONDONDERRY AND LOUGH SWILLY RAILWAY COMPANY) ORDER, 1951.

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 Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1951.

2. The maximum charges applicable to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company for traffic by rail are hereby altered by the substitution of the charges set out in the Schedule to this Order for the appropriate charges at present in operation and the altered charges shall come into operation on the 8th day of October, 1951.

3. On the commencement of this Order, the Transport Act, 1944 (Alteration of Maximum Railway Charges of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company) Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 113 of 1949 ), shall cease to have effect.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Class Rates per ton for the carriage of Goods and Minerals Traffic by Merchandise Train, Station to Station.

Classes

A

B

C

1

2

3

4

5

Miles

per ton

per ton

per ton

per ton

per ton

per ton

per ton

per ton

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

1

3

4

3

11

9

4

14

2

16

2

18

6

21

5

24

5

2

3

11

4

2

9

10

14

9

17

0

19

4

22

6

25

6

3

4

2

4

7

10

5

15

8

17

10

20

3

23

4

26

7

4

4

7

5

1

10

11

16

2

18

3

21

1

24

5

27

11

5

5

1

5

5

11

7

16

10

19

2

21

9

25

6

29

0

6

5

3

5

8

12

0

17

5

20

0

22

8

26

4

30

1

7

5

8

6

4

12

8

18

1

20

5

23

6

27

5

31

4

8

6

2

6

6

13

2

19

0

21

5

24

5

28

6

32

5

9

6

6

7

2

13

9

19

4

22

2

25

3

29

2

33

7

10

6

10

7

5

14

2

20

0

22

8

26

0

30

3

34

7

11

7

2

7

9

14

9

20

9

23

6

27

0

31

5

36

2

12

7

7

8

3

15

3

21

5

24

5

27

11

32

3

37

3

13

7

9

8

9

15

11

22

2

25

3

28

9

33

4

38

3

14

8

6

8

11

16

4

22

8

25

8

29

8

34

5

39

7

15

8

8

9

6

17

0

23

4

26

7

30

3

35

4

40

9

16

8

11

9

10

17

5

24

3

27

5

31

1

36

4

41

10

17

9

6

10

5

18

1

24

7

27

11

32

0

37

5

43

1

18

9

10

10

8

18

6

25

0

28

1

32

10

38

4

44

3

19

10

5

11

1

19

2

25

10

29

8

33

7

39

5

45

4

20

10

8

11

7

19

4

26

7

30

2

34

5

40

3

46

5

21

11

1

12

0

20

0

27

5

30

10

35

4

41

4

47

5

22

11

7

12

5

20

3

27

11

31

5

36

2

42

0

48

10

23

11

9

12

8

20

9

28

6

32

0

37

1

42

11

49

11

24

12

0

12

10

21

1

29

0

32

10

37

5

43

11

50

11

25

12

5

13

2

21

7

29

8

33

4

38

4

44

10

52

0

PART II.

SCALE OF CHARGES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF RETURNED EMPTIES BY MERCHANDISE TRAIN, STATION TO STATION.

For any distance not exceeding 25 miles

General Scale

Exceptions to General Scale

Returned empty Sacks and Bags

Returned empty Carboys or Crates (other than Glass Manufacturers' Crates and Crates taken to pieces and so packed)

Returned empty Fish packages

Brewers' returned empties

Rate per cwt.

Rate per cwt.

Rate per cwt.

Rate per cwt.

Rate per cwt.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

0

11

0

4

1

9

1

1

0

11

No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 9d.

Minimum charge 1s. 0d.

No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 1s. 6d.

No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 1s. 0d.

No less charge than as for 56 lbs. Minimum charge 9d.

PART III.

Exceptional Rates for the Carriage of Grain, as per the Statutory Railway Classification of Merchandise Applicable to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company, by Merchandise Train :

Rates per ton : Station to station : Owner's Risk

Between—

In 2 ton lots

In 1 ton lots

In lots under 1 ton

Buncrana

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

and

Bridge End

6

9

8

8

Burnfoot

6

9

8

8

Fahan

5

9

8

8

Inch Road

5

9

8

8

Manorcunningham

10

7

15

4

17

4

Newtowncunningham

9

8

13

6

14

6

SCHEDULE—continued.

Between—

Rates per ton : Station to station : Owner's risk

In 5 ton lots Owner to load and unload

In 2 ton lots

In 1 ton lots

In lots under 1 ton

Letterkenny

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

and

Bridge End

8

8

11

10

15

4

Buncrana

10

7

11

7

15

4

Manorcunningham

8

3

11

1

Newtowncunningham

8

8

11

1

Sallybrook

8

8

11

1

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of September, 1951.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.