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The Edmondson railway ticket was a system for validating the payment of railway fares, and accounting for the revenue raised, introduced in the , a trained Cabinet Maker , who became a Station Master on the Newcastle And Carlisle Railway in England. He introduced his system on the Manchester And Leeds Railway . The tickets were printed on cards about 1 Inch by 2 Inch es (2.5 by 5 cm), and were 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. , Vol. 134, March 1988, Page 148. The last press was switched off in 1988; and the use of Edmondson tickets by British Rail ceased in February 1990. The system may still be in use on some Heritage Railways , but has been superseded on other railway systems. REAR OF TICKET
The inks used to print Edmondson tickets often fade in sunlight, so care must be taken when users seek to collect these tickets. Indeed the colour of the card itself fades. REFERENCES FURTHER READING
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