Edmondson railway ticket
The Edmondson railway ticket was a system for recording the payment of railway fares and accounting for the revenue raised, introduced in the 1840s. It is named after its inventor, Thomas Edmondson, 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. Previously, railway companies had used handwritten tickets, as was the practice for stagecoaches, but it was laborious for a ticket clerk to write out a ticket for each passenger and long queues were common at busy stations. A faster means of issuing pre-printed tickets was needed. There was also a need to provide accountability by serial-numbering each ticket to prevent unscrupulous clerks from pocketing the fares, since they had t
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Edmondson railway ticket
The Edmondson railway ticket was a system for recording the payment of railway fares and accounting for the revenue raised, introduced in the 1840s. It is named after its inventor, Thomas Edmondson, 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. Previously, railway companies had used handwritten tickets, as was the practice for stagecoaches, but it was laborious for a ticket clerk to write out a ticket for each passenger and long queues were common at busy stations. A faster means of issuing pre-printed tickets was needed. There was also a need to provide accountability by serial-numbering each ticket to prevent unscrupulous clerks from pocketing the fares, since they had t
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Bilet Edmondsona (popularnie n ...... wyposażenie do ich sprzedaży.
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El boleto Edmondson es un sist ...... últimas décadas del siglo XX.
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Le ticket Edmondson est un sys ...... ntion des trajets à effectuer.
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The Edmondson railway ticket w ...... he essential standard feature.
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Билет Эдмондсона — тип железно ...... годах и названный в его честь.
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エドモンソン式乗車券(エドモンソンしきじょうしゃけん)は、日本を含む世界各国の鉄道で使用されている乗車券の規格サイズである。
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埃德蒙森式鐵路車票(Edmondson railway ti ...... 售票系统陆续更新为电脑联网售票,埃德蒙森式鐵路車票日渐式微。
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Bilet Edmondsona (popularnie n ...... klasy,
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El boleto Edmondson es un sist ...... últimas décadas del siglo XX.
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Le ticket Edmondson est un sys ...... ntion des trajets à effectuer.
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The Edmondson railway ticket w ...... ng the fares, since they had t
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Билет Эдмондсона — тип железно ...... годах и названный в его честь.
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エドモンソン式乗車券(エドモンソンしきじょうしゃけん)は、日本を含む世界各国の鉄道で使用されている乗車券の規格サイズである。
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埃德蒙森式鐵路車票(Edmondson railway ti ...... 售票系统陆续更新为电脑联网售票,埃德蒙森式鐵路車票日渐式微。
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Bilet Edmondsona
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Boleto Edmondson
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Edmondson railway ticket
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Ticket Edmondson
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Билет Эдмондсона
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エドモンソン式乗車券
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埃德蒙森式鐵路車票
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