. Electric railway journal . . students and workingmen are entitled to ride ona single ticket, including tax, at 4 sen and a returnticket at 7 sen. This low rate of fare applies only during certainperiods as follows: March 1 to April 30, 5 to ;Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, 5 to ; Nov. 16 to Feb. 28, 7 ; May 1 to Sept. 30, to 6 As a prac-tical matter all riders during these hours are consideredas either workingmen or students unless they specificallystate that they are not. Regarding the transit duty of 1 sen, it will be notedthat this is paid every time a pa
. Electric railway journal . . students and workingmen are entitled to ride ona single ticket, including tax, at 4 sen and a returnticket at 7 sen. This low rate of fare applies only during certainperiods as follows: March 1 to April 30, 5 to ;Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, 5 to ; Nov. 16 to Feb. 28, 7 ; May 1 to Sept. 30, to 6 As a prac-tical matter all riders during these hours are consideredas either workingmen or students unless they specificallystate that they are not. Regarding the transit duty of 1 sen, it will be notedthat this is paid every time a passenger rides except inthe case of commutation tickets. This duty is not re-stricted to street railways but extends to all publicvehicles in the empire. Fare collection in Tokyo is done by means of passenger on entering the car waits until the conduc-tor comes to him to collect the fare. On paying this hereceives a ticket along with a transfer ticket if he desiresone. At the transfer station he returns the original. FORM OF TRANSFER USED ON CITY LINES IN TOKYO ticket. On boarding the second car he asks for anothertransfer if he desires one, retaining his first transferas a ticket and surrendering it at the next transferstation if he desires to transfer a second time. This iscontinued until he reaches his destination. The date is printed on the transfer ticket and bymeans of a special punch having different figures theconductor punches the hour of transfer, to even halfhours, the route number, the name of the transfer sta-tion and the destination. School children taking advantage of the special dis-count are required to change cars at the transfer stationspecified on the ticket cover. Workingmens and studentsdiscounts apply only in the specified hours mentionedbut there is no specification as to the time when thereturn trip must be taken. With a return ticket twopassengers may ride at the same time, thus saving 1 senof transit duty. Commutatin tickets are sold both att
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