This - collected tickets parcelled and sent to a head office, in this case thrown out of a guard's van onto the platform at Raynes Park in 1983.
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Great photo.
I have a copy of the 1924 London Midland Sottish Railways handbook for ticket collectors. Such a different world to now.
As for things you wouldn't see now, I've not read the whole thread yet so hopefully the following haven't been mentioned yet.
passengers in wheelchairs going into guards' vans at their own risk. I'm sure I read about it being possible in one of the staff handbooks. Fortunately times have changed.... for the better in this case.
National railway stations dealing with Oyster cards. I don't think there are any left.
People being able to request train carriages from stations with 24 hours' notice, including ladies only compartments.
The ability to transport your horse and carriage by rail.
The ability to transport your furniture by rail from a passenger railway station or even goods ones
Goods cranes' in use at passenger railway stations.
Hotels owned by railway companies adjoining a railway station.
Railway company omnibuses to transport people to and from railway stations.
The same applies to ships. No railway company ships to meet you at port railway stations any more.
The signage is badly undersized for the visibility it has. It's overfocused on retail because when you entre the station it is not immediately obvious where the trains are (from all except the entrance facing King's Cross) and the platforms being broken up into 4 groups doesn't help.
The shops are a necessary evil because LCR need to payback the Treasury, but the better option would be something that actually resembles a proper concourse.
What does LCR mean?