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The Ticket Counter

As a sideline to my collection of pictures of rail transit vehicles, stations, etc., here are some pictures of tickets and related items. They are also listed on the appropriate pages for individual cities or transit routes.

• Atlanta, Georgia
  • [front] A rail-to-bus transfer from an entrance turnstile in the Civic Center (N2) station (May 2002)
• Baltimore, Maryland
  • [front] | [back] Daily pass (March 1998)
• Buffalo, New York
  • [front] | [back] Metrorail ticket (July 2001)
• Camden, New Jersey
  • [front] | [back] One-way ticket for the River LINE light rail to Trenton. After puchasing a ticket from a machine, you must validate it by stamping it in another machine, in this case at the Watefront Entertainment Center (WEC). (March 2004)
  • [picture] The River LINE ticket machines also produce these receipts, and can accept credit cards. (March 2004)
• Charlotte, North Carolina (LYNX light rail)
  • [front] | [back] Daily pass (January 2008)
• Chattanooga, Tennesee (Lookout Mountain Incline)
  • [picture] A receipt for a ticket from a ticket vending machine at the lower station.
• Chicago, Illinois
  • Chicago Transit Authority
    • [front] | [back] Transit Card (August 1997)
    • [front] | [back] Transit Card (August 2001)
    • [front] | [back] 5-day Visitor Pass (August 2001)
    • [front] | [back] 2-day Visitor Pass (August 2006)
  • Metra commuter rail
    • [front] | [back] Ticket purchased from a station agent, for a trip from Davis St. (Evanston) to Kenosha, Wisconsin. "U.P.R.R." is the Union Pacific Railroad, which operates this line for Metra. (August 2001)
    • [front] | [back] Ticket purchased on board (from the conductor) for the return trip from Kenosha to Chicago (August 2001)
  • Metra Electric
    • [picture] An all-day pass and a single-trip ticket, from vending machines (August 2001). These tickets have a magnetic coating all over the back surface.
    • [front] | [back] A newer style of vending machine ticket (August 2006). This ticket has the magnetic coating in stripes along the sides of the back surface.
• Cleveland, Ohio
  • [front] | [back] Four-hour pass for the Waterfront Line (August 1999)
• Dallas, Texas
  • [front] | [back] DART daily pass, purchased at the Park Lane station (June 2002)
• Dayton, Ohio
  • [front] | [back] Weekly pass (August 1999)
  • [front] | [back] Transfer (August 2006).
• El Reno, Oklahoma
  • [front] | [back] Four-ride ticket for the Heritage Express Trolley
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • [picture] Water Bus daily pass on preprinted stock, with the date marked by hand (June 2002)
  • [picture] Water Bus daily pass printed on the spot by the condutor using a hand-held printer, with bar code for easy tracking of usage (December 2002)
  • [front] | [back] New format of Water Bus daily pass, with advertising on the back. (July 2003)
  • [front] | [back] Broward County Transit daily bus pass (August 2000)
• Jersey City, New Jersey
  • [front] | [back] Single-trip ticket for the Hudson-Bergen light rail line, from a vending machine at the Newport station. (July 2001)
  • [picture] Receipt for the ticket shown above. This is the first time I've ever paid for a single local transit trip with a credit card. (July 2001)
• Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • [front] | [back] Souvenir ticket for the Inclined Plane (July 2003)
• Karlsruhe, Germany
  • [front] | [back] Single ticket for three zones, purhased from a KVV vending machine.
  • [front] RegioX ticket, good for unlimited use for one day in the entire KVV, plus Stadtbahn lines extending outside that region. The back side is the same as on the single ticket.
  • [front] | [back] RegioX Plus ticket, like RegioX but for up to five people traveling together, purchased from a DB vending machine at the Rastatt railroad station.
• Krefeld, Germany
  • [front] | [back] VRR day ticket for price stage B, purchased from a Deutsche Bahn vending machine in the Krefeld main railway station; good for unlimited travel for one day in the Krefeld / Düsseldorf area.
• Miami, Florida
  • Tri-Rail
    • [front] | [back] One-way ticket from Cypress Creek to Deerfield Beach (May 2004)
• New York, New York (Long Island Rail Road)
  • [front] Credit-card receipt for purchase of two tickets from a vending machine at Jamaica.
• Newark, New Jersey
  • [front] | [back] City Subway ticket, from a vending machine in Penn Station (March 1999)
  • [front] | [back] City Subway ticket, from a vending machine in Penn Station (July 2001)
  • [front] | [back] PATH farecard ("Quick Card") (March 1999)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • SEPTA
    • [inside] | [outside] Day pass folder (March 2000)
    • [front] | [back] Transfer used as a day pass, with the sticker from the inside of the folder shown above (March 2000)
  • PATCO Hi-Speedline
    • [picture] Farecard for a single trip between Philadelphia and Lindenwold, with a 30th Anniversary motif. The back of the card is completely covered with magnetic material, instead of having a magnetic stripe. (March 2004)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • [front] | [back] Weekly pass, valid for one fare zone (August 1999)
• San Francisco, California
  • [outside] | [inside] Municipal Railway 7-day passport (May 1997)
  • [front] | [back] BART farecard (May 1997)
• Tampa, Florida
  • [front] | [back] Daily pass for the TECO Line Streetcar (June 2003)
• Washington DC
  • [front] | [back] Metrorail farecard (March 1999)
  • [front] | [back] Metrorail one-day pass (March 1999)
  • [front] | [back] Metrorail farecard (March 2004)

This page was last updated on 18 January 2008.

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