Before the SPORTIS ticket machines appeared (1987 in the Edinburgh
area) on-train tickets were laboriously written out by hand and a carbon copy kept.  Here are two examples from the mid 1980s.  Even the SPORTIS machines were rather limited by today's standards, and a copy of the National Fares Manual had to be carried on every train for anything even slightly unusual.

Location: Tickets and labels

Original line: British Rail

Photographer: David Panton

Contact photographer: David Panton

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Image number: 26604

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