Ticket Issuing Machine, North Eastern Railway, from North Tyneside Electric Lines. Cast aluminium body, electrical mechanism, internally illuminated. Made in Germany c. 1928. Issues tickets at 1/-. Dimensions 6'4"x1'10"x1' diam.

Alternative Interpretation, written by a community member with lived experience of disability, D/deafness and/or neurodivergence, as part of the Curating for Change project: “This immediately made me think of the current proposal to close a large majority of ticket offices and how we’re being encouraged to buy tickets from ticket machines or online – both of which have barriers for disabled people. How does someone with sight loss utilise a ticket machine that is completely touch screen, that may not have audio help? An automated ticket machine can’t help me as a disabled person safely navigate a station on a dark winter evening. Someone who has limited online literacy might not be able to travel if they have to order their ticket online.”