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Pad of blank LNER excess fare tickets. The tickets are duplicated - one copy for the passenger and one copy marked "duplicate" which remained on the pad.

Pad of blank LNER Excess Fare Tickets

1900-1909

Invitation card to the opening of the South Hams Line to Yealmpton by Lady Morley, issued by W E P Bastard, chairman of the local committee, Great Western Railway

invitation card

1898

Engine drivers pass for passing post after Signal 'Opening of Signal Post', from Hornsbridge Signal box, Midland Railway.

Engine Drivers pass

1899

Ticket booklet, week-end return, London St. Pancras to Lille, issued by Dean & Dawson Ltd, No. 1073, May 22nd 1931 to Samuel Garnett with L.E.S.M.A. Battlefields Tour Whitsuntide itinerary, May 22nd to May 26th 1931.

ticket booklet

1931

Set of 8 specimen forms, British Railways Railway Executive, c1951, in glazed oak frame, comprising Wrong Line Order Form A (BR87212), Wrong Line Order Form B(BR87213), Wrong Line Order Form C (BR87214), Wrong Line Order Form D (BR87215), Wrong Line Order Form D modified for out-of-gauge load (BR87215), 2 special stop order forms (duplicate, one for driver, one for guard) (0.6164) and Train Staff Ticket (Ayot and Hatfield Section) (0.6212/16).

Set of 8 specimen forms

1951

Ticket/invitation to a special meeting at the Railway Sation, Derby on Tuesday, November 17th, 1874 at half past one o'clock. Issued on the orders of the directors by the secretary James Williams.

Ticket, Midland Railway Company

1874

Ticket, card, Eastern Counties Railway, for 'Excursion to Rye House and Gardens on Monday 16th July 1855', Tickets there and back costing 2s. 6d. including admission to ballroom, Ticket No.484, 1855, dimensions 58 x 111mm.

excursion to Rye House and Gardens

1855

Replica platform ticket, Callington Museum, souvenir, British Railways Board style, No 9992.

Replica platform ticket

Railway ticket, Snowdon Mountain Railway, Clogwyn to Llanberis, c1958.

snowdon mountain railway ticket

1958

Ticket to the Railway Clerks' Association Grimsby Branch's Grand Bohemian Concert, at the Royal Hotel, 13 March 1909.

Ticket to Railway Clerks' Association Grand Bohemian Concert

1909

Free Pass ticket tray used for issuing travel tickets from shop offices, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd. Swindon

free pass ticket tray

Ticket, Midland Railway, "One Hundred and Fourth Half Yearly General Meeting at the Railway Station, Derby, Friday February 21st 1896", For R. Jamieson of County Blarney Ireland, Issued by James Williams, Derby, 1896.

One Hundred and Fourth Half Yearly General Meeting

1896

Tyne Improvement Commission ticket to admist E. F. Wilkinson to the opening of new riverside quay Albert Edward dock on Friday 15th June 1928. Printed on pink card.

Opening of New Riverside Quay Albert Edward Dock

1928

Wagon label collection, the Gwilliam Collection, circa 2000 British Rail wagon labels, 1951 - 1955, in two homemade albums.

Gwilliam Collection of British Rail wagon labels

1951-1955

Wallet and tickets, card wallet containing paper tickets, InterCity 21 1966-1987, produced by British Rail InterCity, April 1987. The tickets are specimens for a return trip from London to Liverpool and a Mersey ferry trip to commemorate 21 years of InterCity services. The outward journey was a 1960s-liveried train, with a new Pullman on return. Liverpool Lime Street had been 1960s-themed for the occasion and while the guests took the Mersey ferry trip the station was returned to 1987. These specimens were issued by the designers for approval - those actually issued for travel were identical.

InterCity 21 1966-1987

1987

Pass, card. Railway Clearing House, to certify William Buckley Lowe as a contributing member of the Railway Clearing system superannuation fund association, 1880.

contributing member of the Railway Clearing system superannuation fund association

1880

Wrong lind order form, card, London & North Eastern Railway, o.6365, Guard to Signalman.

wrong line order form

Platform tickets for Mr H A Venton, Public Relations Department, to Victoria Station on the occasion of the State Visit of President Heuss, issued by FDY Faulkener, Public Relations Officer, Waterloo Station, S E 1, Southern Railway

Platform Tickets

1960

Tickets, collection of approximately 950 railway tickets and related material, main strengths in early British Rail, London & North Eastern Railway, late Great Eastern Railway and Midland & Great Northern Joint, 1920-1980, collected by Mr H. Cecil Hill (1903-1999).

Collection of 950 tickets

1920-1980

Permit, laminated paper and photograph, British Rail Identity Card of Maragaret Hilton. BR document no. 6590/1. Belonged to Margaret Hilton, wife of Robert Hilton, signalman at Whittlesey signal box, Peterborough.

British Rail Indentity Card

Permit, laminated paper and photograph, British Rail Identity Card of Robert Hilton. BR document no. 6590/1. Belonged to Robert Hilton, signalman at Whittlesey signal box, Peterborough.

British Rail Indentity Card

Ticket, card, "Opening of the Tyneside Tramways & Tramroads", for Mrs. W.A. WAtson Armstrong on Monday 29th September 1902 .

Opening of the Tyneside Tramways & Tramroads ticket

1902

Ticket, Edmondson type, British Railways (Southern Region), 2nd Class Day Return, Basingstoke to Hilsea, 16th November 1977, numbered 0000.

British Railways (Southern Region) 2nd Class Day Return Ticket

1977

Ticket, Edmondson type, British Railways, 1st Class Single, Basingstoke to Glasgow via London [destination written on ticket], 8th January 1975, numbered 3119.

British Railways 1st Class Single Ticket

1975

Tickets, card and paper. Collection of 6 tickets as follows: Freedom of Scotland Silver Ticket, valid from 10-16 August 1965, BR document no. BR 3501/3, with 3 Edmondson-type observation car tickets for journeys made using the Freedom Ticket (Glasgow-Oban 10 Aug., Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh 13 Aug. 1965, Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness 13 Aug. 1965; Holiday Runaround Ticket, 3-9 Aug. 1963, for Area 3 (English Lake District including Penrith, Windermere, Skipton, Lancaster etc. and Windermere steamers); London Transport 6d ticket from South Kensington, 16 May (year unknown).

Freedom of Scotland, Observation Car, Lake District Holiday Runabout, LT South Kensington tickets

1963; 1965

Cleaning tokens, British Rail uniform, booklet containing 4 tokens [BR488581, BR488582, BR488583, BR488584], issued to Neil Butcher, valid as payment in full for drycleaning items of British Rail uniform, issued by Cleaning Tokens Limited.

British Rail uniform cleaning tokens

Staff travel pass, card, APTIS type ticket, South West Trains, issued to Neil Butcher, expiry date December 2006, No. SWT 00000739.

South West Trains staff travel pass

Book of tickets, paper, LMS Tender Water Tickets. Printed tickets allowing locomotive drivers to refill tenders with water. The tickets are in 3 parts - one to be retained in the book, one to be handed to the Station Agent, and one to be deposited in the water ticket box. Printed by the LMS. Document no. ERO 23617. One stub has been filled in for refilling of locomotive no. 1984 at Tilbury on 16 April 1956.

LMS Tender Water Tickets

Pass, card, Standard Class pass from March to Upminster and back , issued 2 Nov. 1995. Edmondson-type ticket. Valid only with BR identity card. BR document no. 4486/151. Belonged to Robert Hilton, signalman at Whittlesey signal box, Peterborough.

British Rail Standard Class pass

1995

Ticket, Stockton & Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary, 1825-1975, admit one to 'Live Steam' operation, Rail 150 Exhibition at Shildon, price 10p, No. 19758.

Stockton & Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary

Ticket, card, Souvenir Ticket from 'Special Welcome Train' from Kings Langley & Abbots Langley, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamstead or Tring to Coventry and back, 14 May 1966. Train run by British Rail (London Midland Region) to mark completion of the London-Liverpool-Manchester main line electrification. Ticket no. 204.

Souvenir ticket from special welcome train Kings Langley to Coventry

1966-05

Ticket, Stockton & Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary, 1825-1975, admit one to 'Live Steam' operation, Rail 150 Exhibition at Shildon, price 10p, No. 19757.

Stockton & Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary

Handiprinter slug for a Forces Duty Return from Euston Ticket Office, for Leeds City.

Handiprinter slug from Euston Ticket Office

LNER (Southern Area) third class free pass for travel between Stratford and Ilford, 1937.

Third class free pass (supplied title)

1937

Platform ticket, London & North Eastern Railway, 0686, (series 41), Edinburgh Waverley (No. 2 Set), 2nd August 1945.

Edinburgh Waverley Platform Ticket

1945

Season ticket, bicycle, Cheshire Lines Committee, No. 20.

Cheshire Lines Committee Bicycle Season Ticket

Platform ticket, British Transport Commission, 5773, Bishop Auckland, 28th September 1963.

Bishop Aukland Platform Ticket

1963

Platform ticket, North London Railway, 4199, Bow.

Bow Platform Ticket

Season ticket, dog, Great Northern and Midland Railways, 12th September 1907 to 31st March 1908, between Nottingham and Kimberley Stations, specimen, marked in pencil from ‘W H Nash Oct 1933’.

Great Northern and Midland Railways Dog Season Ticket

1907

Platform ticket, Southern Railway, 84181, Brighton (No.2), 11 August 1934.

Brighton (No.2) Platform Ticket

1934

Railway ticket, Japanese, multiple discount ticket "Shinkansen economy ticket", green class, between Tokyo and Osaka City, valid until 26 January 1984. Sold at Yuraku Cho on 27 October 1983.

Shinkansen economy ticket between Tokyo and Osaka City

1983

Railway ticket, Japanese, Shinkansen Express ticket issued by MARS-W, Hikari 40, from Shin Osaka to Tokyo, departing at 18:00 on 5 (month unknown), seat reserved in carriage 10, 14E, second class, booking reference 587. Sold at Kanda on 2 February 1968.

Shinkansen Express ticket from Shin Osaka to Tokyo

1968

Railway ticket, Japanese, commemorative ticket for opening business, 1 October 1964.

commemorative ticket for opening business

1964

Commemorative train ticket. Three standard tickets for entry to Tokyo Station (not valid for travel), sold on Showa 60 (1985) 21st July. It commemorates the new Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen 100-kei Passenger Train

Commemorative ticket for inauguration of Series 100

1985

Train ticket. Bullet train ‘C’ Express from Hamamatsu, departing at 10.14am on 4th October. Kodama 104, seat reserved in carriage 6, 12E, 2nd Class. Sold at Hamamatsu Station on Showa 39 (1964) 28th September for 800 yen. Stamped 0213 on the back.

Shinkansen C Express ticket

1964

Commemorative train ticket. Standard ticket for entry to Toyohashi Station (not valid for travel), sold on Showa 59 (1984) 1st October. It commemorates 20th anniversary of bullet train.

Commemorative ticket for 20th anniversary

1984

Japanese railway ticket. Kodama 121 Express, departing at 16.04 on 17th October, seat reserved on carriage 10, 10B. Shizuoka to Shin-Osaka. 2nd class and sold at Osaka Honmachi on Showa 42 (1967) 27th September for 1000 yen. Stamped 1481 on the back.

Kodama 121 service, Express ticket with reservation

1966

Pass, card encased in plastic, black, Farthingloe Village Employee, No 000269, issued to T Green, TML , for access to Farthingloe Village where 1000 workers were housed during construction of Channel Tunnel

Pass, used during construction of Channel Tunnel

London Midland and Scottish 3rd class weekly season ticket available between Normanton and Leeds: No.2054 dated 6 March 1948

London Midland and Scottish 3rd class weekly season ticket

1948

London Midland and Scottish 3rd class weekly season ticket available between Normanton and Leeds: No.1863 dated 20 Dec.1947

London Midland and Scottish 3rd class weekly season ticket

1947

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