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To travel by train, you need a ticket to your destination. Explore over 800 objects related to this simple but essential element of rail transport throughout its history.

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North British Railway season ticket

1905

Flying Scotsman Australian tickets

1989-08

London & North Eastern Railway Work Permit

1940

London Midland & Scottish Railway Connah's Quay

the yorkshire pullman leeds

north london railway free pass

Luggage label, The Cornish Riviera Express

British Rail souvenir platform tickets

Flying Scotsman Ticket

1926

London Midland & Scottish Railway identification card

Associated society of locomotive engineers & firemen contribution card

1923

London Midland & Scottish Railway Holiday Contract Ticket No 759, Tour No 3, August 1936

Free pass, London & North Western Railway

Eastern Counties Railway, Free Ticket

Flying Scotsman Society Australia Inc. Souvenir Ticket

1989

north yorkshire moors railway souvenir ticket

1973

1st class ticket Vladivostok to Paris

1914

Luggage label, luggage in advance 2/8

1947

dinorwic quarry workmen's pass

Pack of luggage labels, The Royal Scot

the queen of scots, glasgow queen street

Compagnie International des Wagons-Lits, Golden Arrow

The Flying Scotsman

3rd class weekly workman ticket issued to Sidney Miles

1890s

Director's free pass South Wales Railway, D.A.S. Davies MP

1850
London Midland & Scottish Railway, Pass, Blank, Silver.

London Midland & Scottish Railway free pass

North Eastern Railway, Identity Disc, No.355. To admit bearer into Sunderland Docks during 1914-18 War

north eastern railway identity disc

Ticket, gold, ‘Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Railway Junction, Director's Ticket’, engraved on obverse with engraver’s name J&O Fenton, with engraving of an 0-4-2 locomotive with Latin motto above 'Celeriter et Certe' [swift and sure] on reverse.

Dundee, Perth & Aberdeen Junction Railway free pass

Railway ticket, Penton to Carlisle, Fourth (4th) Class ticket 5632, yellow, marked with Clapham museum number on reverse

Railway ticket

Wagon label, Midland & Great Northern Railways Joint Committee, Ballast and sleepers, From Norwich City to Lenwade, 1 October 1896 (2 labels stapled together).

Wagon label

1896
Luggage Label; London - Brussels, Night Ferry. Red, yellow, black and white oval paper label.

London to Brussels, night ferry

Rail staff gold status pass, first class, credit card type, for all stations plus sleeping berths and specified Caledonian MacBrayne Clyde services, issued to Mr P. Trewin, BRB (Residuary) Ltd, expired 31/12/2015, GP500199.

rail staff gold status pass

Rail staff silver status pass, first class, credit card type, for all stations plus specified Caledonian MacBrayne Clyde services, issued to Mr T Butters, BRB (Residuary) Ltd, expired 31/12/2015, SP502602.

rail staff silver status pass

Great Western Railway platform ticket, Borth, orange, number 8169

Platform ticket, Borth

Pass, card. Engine Pass. C.M.E's Dept. 1929. Sir Felix Pole. All Stations. GWR

engine pass

First (1st) Class ticket, Skipton to York, cream

First Class ticket, Skipton to York

Cream coloured ticket, 2nd class Carlisle to Haltwhistle 3s 0d stamped "Nov 10"

Second class ticket Carlisle to Haltwhistle

Great Western Railway platform ticket, Cookham, orange, number 1270

Platform ticket, Cookham

Tickets and timetables, card and paper, 7 APTIS tickets and one itinerary for journeys to the new station at the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, June and July 2014. With two North Rail timetables for the routes on which the hospital station is situated (Middlesborough to Whitby and Nunthorpe / Middlesborough to Newcastle). The station opened to the public on 18 May 2014,[6] and was opened officially by Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer on 18 July 2014. 5 of the tickets are from the official opening day.

Tickets and timetables showing the new station at the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough

2014-05-2014-07
Luggage label, Great Northern Railway, via Doncaster and East Coast, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., reference number V22, print quantity of 25,000, print date 3/22.

Great Northern Railway

1922
Luggage label, Great Northern Railway, via Spalding & Sutton Bridge and Midland & Great Northern Joint Line, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., reference number V15, print quantity of 50,000, print date 9/07.

Great Northern Railway

1907
Railway tickets, strip of 3 perforated paper singles, Ashington Colliery Co., Ashington to Ellington, nos. 14569-14571, 4d, issued March 1967 just before cessation of passenger services.

railway tickets

1967
Ticket, Clyde Navigation, Erskine Ferry, Passenger Ticket Single Journey, 1d, No J4552

Clyde Navigation Erskine Ferry ticket

Ticket, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Connel Ferry Viaduct Toll Ticket, One Passenger - Dog, 2d, No H98905.

London Midland & Scottish Railway Connel Ferry Viaduct Toll Ticket

Ticket, Clyde Navigation, Erskine Ferry, Passenger Ticket Single Journey, 1d, No J4551.

Clyde Navigation Erskine Ferry ticket

Ticket, Ballachulish Ferry Crossing, Passenger Ticket, 2d, No 8295.

Ballachulish Ferry Crossing ticket

Ticket, London Transport, 1966 World Cup, Seven-Day, Go-As-You-Please Ticket, 29th June to 5th July 1966, issued to J.M. Carter, number A 0183.

1966 World Cup, Seven-Day Go-As-You-Please Ticket

1966
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
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