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Trivia: Examples of rail tickets that don't show destination
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pokemonsuper9
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All rovers/rangers won't show a destination (since there is no destination, only valid areas), but I think that's a bit of a stretch of the question.
swt_passenger
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Is that just a HEx inter terminal barrier pass?
Alex365Dash
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That’s an odd one - shouldn’t that be on the blue transfer ticket stock?
It shows the text as if it is one…
Alex365Dash
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I’d argue that’s a set of destinations and also stretching the spirit of the question…
Alex365Dash
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To be fair, I don’t think there are many answers to the question!Well I couldn't think of anything else
Related to that, the Southern DaySave is technically not a ranger but displays the destination of "Any Southern Train", which since it’s not really a static place, I’d also argue doesn’t show the destination…but that’s probably also stretching the question in case your destination is 377 111
Springs Branch
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I'm guessing the OP is mainly looking for current examples*, but I will mention that long before Oyster, the standard daily diet for single tickets on the London Underground was a card ticket showing the origin station, the date and the ticket price.
This was valid to "any station to which that fare applied" but no destination was shown.
IIRC, something like yellow-coloured card with a thick, brown magnetic coating on the back if bought from vending machines / for use in automatic barriers, or pale green card if bought at a ticket office / for use via a manual gate.
(Image shows yellow card London Underground ticket, value 60p, issued at Piccadilly Circus)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Underground_ticket_1981.jpg
* - and also is ignoring the trivial example of Platform Tickets.
Although these usually seem to show the station of issue, so could be said to have destination of "the platform at that station”.
This was valid to "any station to which that fare applied" but no destination was shown.
IIRC, something like yellow-coloured card with a thick, brown magnetic coating on the back if bought from vending machines / for use in automatic barriers, or pale green card if bought at a ticket office / for use via a manual gate.
(Image shows yellow card London Underground ticket, value 60p, issued at Piccadilly Circus)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Underground_ticket_1981.jpg
* - and also is ignoring the trivial example of Platform Tickets.
Although these usually seem to show the station of issue, so could be said to have destination of "the platform at that station”.
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Railsigns
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Glasgow Subway tickets show neither the origin nor the destination station.
thelongestroad
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Only because they've run out of the blue branded stock that basically would otherwise state the destination.
ISTR that for a while back in the early 80’s Edinburgh Waverley was issuing some tickets off rolls (came up through a slot in the metal counter like admission tickets for cinemas etc at the time). Did they show a destination or just a fare?I'm guessing the OP is mainly looking for current examples*, but I will mention that long before Oyster, the standard daily diet for single tickets on the London Underground was a card ticket showing the origin station, the date and the ticket price.
This was valid to "any station to which that fare applied" but no destination was shown.
IIRC, something like yellow-coloured card with a thick, brown magnetic coating on the back if bought from vending machines / for use in automatic barriers, or pale green card if bought at a ticket office / for use via a manual gate.
(Image shows yellow card London Underground ticket, value 60p, issued at Piccadilly Circus)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Underground_ticket_1981.jpg
* - and also is ignoring the trivial example of Platform Tickets.
Although these usually seem to show the station of issue, so could be said to have destination of "the platform at that station”.
cocoiadrop
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Roundabout tickets issued from a TVM in the Strathclyde area will show "Roundabout" as the destination and are printed as an off-peak single
jonnyfan
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In Greater Manchester, the accompanied child tickets will show the origin station, and the destination as 'GM Acmp Child'.
bluegoblin7
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I'm guessing the OP is mainly looking for current examples*, but I will mention that long before Oyster, the standard daily diet for single tickets on the London Underground was a card ticket showing the origin station, the date and the ticket price.
This was valid to "any station to which that fare applied" but no destination was shown.
IIRC, something like yellow-coloured card with a thick, brown magnetic coating on the back if bought from vending machines / for use in automatic barriers, or pale green card if bought at a ticket office / for use via a manual gate.
(Image shows yellow card London Underground ticket, value 60p, issued at Piccadilly Circus)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Underground_ticket_1981.jpg
* - and also is ignoring the trivial example of Platform Tickets.
Although these usually seem to show the station of issue, so could be said to have destination of "the platform at that station”.
LUL tickets are still issued as 'Point of Origin', that is they show the issuing station and fare paid, rather than the destination.
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Platform tickets?
Springs Branch
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I didn't know that - shows how long it is since I last bought a paper ticket for the Tube.
Permit to Travel tickets similarly show (or showed - are these still a thing?) the origin station and sum paid without a destination.
In the early days of PayTrains, guards were equipped with bus conductor-style ticket machines. Tickets issued from these showed the fare paid and origin station (using a numeric code, like a bus fare stage, rather than explicit station names). I'm sure I saw an image of one of the small square Almex variety (IIRC pink in colour) on the internet not so long ago but can't track it down now.
And I suspect some shorter-distance tickets on the North London Line were once issued in the "Origin plus fare paid" format, without a specified destination.
Here is one issued on a bus. https://flic.kr/p/9b3kGv
Ticket 946 issued on route 248 at stage 08 for 7p machine number 0947.
No date but the driver would enter the last ticket issued on his waybill at each terminus so its almost impossible to reuse tickets.
So you cant issue tickets for onwards connections because an inspector would not have the waybill. So an Ilkley - London passenger would buy an almex ticket to Leeds. He woukd then go to thecticket office inside the barrier at Leeds and excess his ticket to get to London.
The bit that says London Yransport not transferable is a plate in the machine. As Springs Branch says, on a BR machine this would print a table of 'stages' and station names. You would have to ensure the machine had the right plate for the route.
Kite159
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Can you even buy a Croydon tram ticket these days, how many years has it been since the old TVMs were removed?
There is a destination of "Tramlink" in the fares database and the announcements on the trams say "a ticket to or from Tramlink" is valid. Never tried to buy one though.
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