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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
- Buffalo, New York
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tampa, Florida
- [front]
| [back]
Daily pass for the TECO Line Streetcar (June 2003)
- Washington DC
This page was last updated on 18 January 2008.
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