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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Bedworth Station: lnwrb24
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The down platform's booking hall and office situated at the
bottom of the ramp from Bulkington Road in January 1965. The booking office
would have dispensed pre-printed tickets which were printed on card about 1
inch by 2 inches (2.5 by 5 cm) and numbered. When the ticket was issued, it was
date stamped by a custom-made machine. The tickets to different destinations
and of different types were stored in a lockable cupboard where the highest
number of each issue was visible. Different colours and patterns helped
distinguish the different types of tickets. Typically, half-fare tickets for
children etc, would be created by cutting the ticket diagonally, being half the
value of an adult fare with the remaining part being sold for another child
ticket. British Railways centralised their paper and printing centre at Crewe
had a number of pre-1900 Waterloo printing presses which met its 320 million
annual demand for Edmondson railway tickets. The last such press was switched
off in 1988 and the use of Edmondson tickets by the then re-branded British
Rail ceased in February 1990.
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