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Description: | inscription, printing, black ink on buff ground, Marsden
TO
SHIELDS
THIRD CLASS - FARE 4d.
Edmondson type railway ticket issued by the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway (Harton Coal Company Ltd.) for a 3rd class single journey from Marsden to South Shields. The fare was 4d and the ticket is numbered 9753. The ticket is printed on a rectangular piece of buff stiff card; the reverse is pale blue. The passenger railway ran from 1888 until 1953; their prices were revised in 1913 also, on 31st December 1946, the Harton Coal Company became part of the National Coal Board, so this ticket is pre 1947.
Material: card | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.352794 | Go to resource |
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