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Railway Interswitching Rates Table

Interswitching distance zone	Rate per car for interswitching traffic to or from a siding ($)	Rate per car for interswitching a car block ($)	Additional rate per kilometre for interswitching a car ($)	Additional rate per kilometre for interswitching a car in a car block ($)
Zone 1*	185	50	N/A	N/A
Zone 2**	200	60	N/A	N/A
Zone 3***	240	75	N/A	N/A
Zone 4****	315	90	3.75	1.45

*Zone 1: includes sidings located wholly or partly within 6.4 km of an interchange.

**Zone 2: includes sidings located
(i) wholly or partly within 10 km of an interchange, and
(ii) wholly outside interswitching distance zone 1.

***Zone 3: includes sidings located
(i) wholly or partly within 20 km of an interchange, and
(ii) wholly outside interswitching distance zones 1 and 2.

****Zone 4: includes sidings located
(i) wholly or partly within a radius of 30 km of an interchange, and
(ii) wholly outside interswitching distance zones 1, 2 and 3.

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