Aluminium ticket machine, North Eastern Railway

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.”