Thread: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
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Old June 11th 08, 07:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:37:13 +0100, Michael Hoffman
wrote:

Lemmy wrote:

18 May 1965: "What is claimed to be the only robot railway ticket
collector in the world began work at 7 a.m. at Acton Town Underground
station, London. Automatic Bill, as the staff call the machine,
swallows tickets like oysters, and coughs up the bad ones."

Nice word choice.

Who knew they could see nearly 40 years into the future?
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