Royal Railways with Uniform Rates A proposal for amalgamation of Railways with the General Post Office and adoption of uniform fares and rates for any distance

CHAPTER I.

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=The Scheme.= Page 17.

=All Railways= to be purchased by State and amalgamated with General Post Office. Trains of two kinds only, viz.:--

(1) =Main Line Trains=, _i.e._, non-stop for at least 30 miles.

(2) =Local Trains=, _i.e._, all trains other than Main Line.

=Passenger tickets= vary according to above fares only--no reference to stations or distance. =Goods rates=, payable by stamps vary only according to weight or size of goods, whether carried in bulk, in open or closed trucks, or with special packing, but irrespective of any other difference in nature or value of goods, or of distance, as now with parcel post.

=All Railway Stations to be Post Offices.= All Post Offices to sell Railway Tickets, and, where required, to be Railway Receiving Offices. =Steamers= to be regarded as trains.