1962 - 1964: Tickets

The FMR & Fairbourne Railway (1946 - 1983) issued paper tickets that were printed by the Bell Punch Company and supplied in blocks of 500 held together by a steel staple.

See Guard/Conductor Eqpt for an example ticket rack loaded with tickets.

Tickets were in various colours, to indicate whether they were for Adult or Child, Single or Return fares and to indicate the station from which they were issued. Child tickets were printed with a "C" or "CR", depending on whether they were singles or returns.

All tickets were clipped by the Guard at the station of issue and for Returns, also at the station of departure for the return leg.

So the Guard had to understand all this as well as being able to compute all the various combinations that could be asked for at any station & handle the money. Bad enough in post 17th February 1971 but a potential nightmare back at the time these tickets were issued !!

However, if you know what you are looking at, these tickets carry a wealth of information. The Numbers were just that, serial numbers for the block/ticket and had no other relevance.

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FMR: Adult Single 1s 2d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Fairbourne (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 1s 2d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Passing Loop (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Return 1s 6d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Fairbourne to Passing Loop return (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Return 1s 6d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Fairbourne to Barmouth Ferry return (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Return 1s 9d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Fairbourne to Passing Loop return  - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Return 1s 9d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Bathing Beach to Passing Loop return  (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 1s 0d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Golf House (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 1s 0d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Barmouth Ferry (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Return 1s 0d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Fairbourne to Barmouth Ferry return  - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Return 1s 0d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Bathing Beach to Passing Loop return (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Return 2s 0d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was Bathing Beach to Passing Loop return (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 0s 4d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Fairbourne (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Single 0s 4d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Barmouth Ferry (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Single 0s 6d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Passing Loop (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 0s 7d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Barmouth Ferry (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Single 0s 7d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Passing Loop  - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Single 0s 7d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Barmouth Ferry (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Adult Single 0s 8d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Fairbourne (the other holes are from the ticket block staples) FMR: Adult Single 0s 8d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Passing Loop (the other hole is from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Single 0s 9d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was issued at Passing Loop (the other holes are from the ticket block staples) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Child Return 0s 10d (pre-decimal), punched to signify it was for Fairbourne to Passing Loop return (the other holeis from the ticket block staple) - punched by a Bell Punch machine FMR: Reverse of 0s 7d Child Single (pre-decimal) punched by a Bell Punch machine, could be reverse of any FMR or Fairbourne Railway ticket issued 1946 - 1983, they were all the same !!

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