Edmondson railway ticket
Boleto Edmondson
- Date
- c. 1836-1842 · confidence medium
- Place
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Thomas Edmondson
- Field
- Movement
What it is
System of pre-printed, numbered cardboard train tickets with a dating press, allowing fares to be issued and accounted for quickly and reliably compared with the earlier handwritten method; devised by Thomas Edmondson.
What it led to
- modern railway revenue accounting and control
- standardized ticketing worldwide
- ticket vending machines
- public transport ticketing systems