Newspaper cutting - The Age, 1/6/1998 - pages 9-13 - with two stories about the phasing out of tram conductors - with sub-heading "The trams are still running but conductors have taken their last ride. Will Melbourne ever be the same again?" - "Once were connies" - written by Lyall Johnson - about the conductors no longer on tramcars and what would happen in the future and some of the issues. - "End of the Line" - written by John Elder - has stories about travelling on the tram network. - Letter to the Editor - page 13 - "Life without conductors" - particularly about the ticket machines and inspectors. Written by Bernard Sheppard of Middle Park.trams, tramways, conductors, ptc, one man trams, public transport, tickets, stories, metcard, letter to the editor

Set of 8 A4 photocopies of various newspaper articles or letters to the Editor about the introduction of the Metcard ticketing system onto Public transport in Victoria during 1998. .1 - "Revenge fantasies inspired by the ticket machines from hell" - The Age - 16-4-1998 - written by Garry Linnell about ticket machines, passengers, Metcards and ticket inspectors. .2 - :Dangerous Prank" - The Age - 12-6-1998 - about children riding backs of trams and lack of conductors. .3 - "Tram conduct deserves reward" - Herald Sun - 5/6/1998 - about assisting elderly passengers with Metcard. .4 - "Victim of those machines" - The Age - 22/6/1998 - about a man being injured on the tram while trying to buy a ticket from a machine. Also has Tender adverts for a Central Control building for train management - Bayside trains and Redevelopment of Flinders St station - Hillside trains. .5 - "Trouble on the Tracks" - The Age - 14-2-1998, written by Virginia Trioli - re removal of tram conductors, fare evasion and ticket machines. .6 - "A day it was on for young and old on a city tram" - The Age - 13-7-1998 - written by Nicole Brady about loud music on trams. .7 - "Trams roll, crowds boo, Jeff's Jukebox plays on" - The Age - 30-7-1998 - David Austin about ticket machines and issues - notes Sheffield and removal of ticket machines from shelters. .8 - "A sudden stop" - The Age - 3-8-1998 about an accident on a tram.trams, tramways, ptc, metcard, trams, railways, ticket inspectors, conductors, one man trams, accidents, passengers

Digital Memory module, or Portable Memory Key, equivalent in type to a USB stick, black plastic with sliding mechanism to protect 8 copper contact strips with a digital memory area at one end. Stamped into the memory area part number "109 13858 512K KDM", indicating it had a memory storage of 512Kb. Above the number are the remains of a white bar-code label. Has as key type appearance. .1 - Numbered in white numerals "08330705" .2 - ditto "120703350" Advised by Adam Chandler 20-11-2017: They were used by tram and bus drivers. The PM (portable memory) key was issued to each driver. At the start of a shift, the driver would put it into a cream-coloured terminal at the sign-on point (starter's office in the depot) and transfer their shift information onto the key. Once the driver reached the vehicle, they put the key into the black-coloured terminal (tram driver's keypad - TDKP or bus driver's keypad) to upload the shift data to the vehicle. This was also the method used to transfer the 'blacklist' of periodical passes that had been stolen or misappropriated to each vehicle. IE if an annual Metcard had been stolen, once the holder reported it to Metcard they would blacklist the ticket number and this would be sent out to every depot and piece of equipment. From memory there were 100 slots in the blacklist. When a tram driver was finishing their shift (either being taken or running in) they would transfer all of the validations and ticket sale information to the PM key by inserting it a few minutes before the end of shift and downloading all of this data from the vehicle. They would then be required, on arriving back at the starter's office, to insert the key in the cream coloured terminal once more and copy all of the information across to the main system. Bus drivers also issued tickets from their BDKPs so the black PM key was also used for ensuring the accounting information was copied across to the main system. My memory might be faulty but I recall using them at railway stations with the Booking Office Machines (for starting and finishing shifts). No transfer of ticket issuance data however, as there was a computer equipment cabinet at each railway station with a DSL or cable link back to the OneLink central computers (in the revenue clearing house) I don't know what happened with the MTH cars on the Stony Point rail line but I could presume that there was a cabinet with a TDKP equivalent in it and a similar procedure for start and finish of shift.trams, tramways, ticket machines, metcard

Provides a detailed list, not fully comprehensive, of purchase contracts for the MMTB between 1919 and 1969. Lists Buildings Cable wire ropes Cable grip dies General - punch card systems, advertising on trams Miscellaneous Vehicles Motor buses and Garage equipment Permanent Way Equipment Poles - steel and wooden Rail bonds Special trackwork Substation Equipment Traffic - ticket issuing machines and radio equipment Trams and bodies Tram equipment Tram rails Trolley Wire Workshops EquipmentYields information about MMTB Purchases between 1919 and 1969 - not complete.Document - 50 Foolscap sheets - photocopied.mmtb, tramways, contracts, purchases, workshops, trams, buses, trackwork, buildings, depots

The Brighton - St Kilda Bus lines could issue tickets, as an agent, from St Kilda Railway Station to Melbourne on behalf of the Victorian Railways. These dated tickets represent a sample of these. A group of tickets would be issued to each driver for the day who would issue them in order from his ticket tray or kit. The bus driver did not have a means of canceling a ticket with a date stamping machine. 1 - St Kilda to Melbourne - pink - 20 September 1968 - No. 0270 2 - St Kilda to Melbourne - pink - 14 November 1968 - No. 0540 3 - St Kilda to Melbourne - return - special day return - 11 August 1968 - No. 0034 4 - St Kilda to Melbourne - return - 14 January 1969 - No 0375Demonstrates a railway ticketting system that was used on buses and railwaysSet of 4 Edmondson style railway tickets with printed dates of issue.railways, tickets, buses, victorian railways, st kilda, brighton - st kilda bus lines

Set of 9 loose tickets 1 - British Railways platform ticket for LlanfairPG - the station with the longest name in the UK. 2 - two yellow tickets for the "A Cavalcade of Transport" 30/1/1978 - Nos 1823 and 5362 3 - set of 8 orange tickets in a block - The Melbourne Pageant 29/1/1979 - nos 5644 to 51. 4 - Set of two TMSV zoo horse tram tickets - Adult and Child - 0505 and 0005. 5 - NSW Railways ticket - Circular Quay to Bondi Junction - machine issued dated 26 Jul. 6 - Two tickets on cardboard for a SPER tour on the Glenelg tram 24/3/1974 and AETM 23/3/1974.trams, tramways, tickets, nsw, sper, aetm, tmsv, cavalcade, uk

Set of two instructions, both printed on foolscap duplicated paper in blue ink. .1 - "Notice to One-Man bus operators - Increase in Fares as from Sunday 27th September 1964", detailing both the ordinary and children's fares. Includes instructions regarding prepaid tickets and Gibson ticket machines that are pending the delivery of new printing wheels.. Dated 17/9/1964. .2 - "Notice to Conductors and Conductresses - - Increase in Fares as from Sunday 27th September 1964" - as above, except tickets issued in the city by the Ultimate ticket machines - how the values were to be made up. Dated 18/9/1974trams, tramways, tickets, ticket machines, ultimate, gibson ticket machines

Newspaper clipping from The Melbourne Weekly, 16/8/1994 with a cover photo of SW6 866 as a City Circle Tram, containing an article titled Transformation, The Low Down on the Wheel World". Consists of 3 full colour sheets. Article written Angela Martinkus and Michelle Griffin. Looks at the issues of ticket machines, conductors, tourism, the fleet, tram art, timetables, crimes, passenger safety, W class, works, the PTC, history of tram types and ten tram facts Includes a Photo and story on Robert D'Andrea, Norm Cross, and tram in Preston Workshops.trams, tramways, melbourne, people and places, preston workshops, conductors, ticket machines, fares, ticket inspectors, advertising trams

Newspaper clipping from The Herald Sun, Wed 12/12/1993 titled "New Met tickets hit by problems", with a photo of Lou Di Gregorio standing by the test machine. Photo by Drew Ryan and article by Damon Johnston, transport reporter. Discusses the issues being found with Met Tickets and on tram ticket machines installed in Z class trams. Notes the equipment installed in Z class tram at Hawthorn Depot. Quotes Lou Di Gregorio, and Sandra McLaren, PTC spokesperson.trams, tramways, metcard, tickets, z class, ptc, testing, hawthorn depot

Yields information about the introduction of the Myki Ticketting system.Printed A4 pamphlet printed double side on A4 gloss paper titled "My access - out on the road with Myki" providing information on the planned roll out of the Myki ticket system, dates, advertising campaigns, inviting staff to visit the discovery centre, types of ticketing machines and scanners, gates etc. Notes the forthcoming trial in Geelong. Dated 2007 - actual rollout was delayed due to technical issues. .1 - issue 3 March 2007 .2 - issue 9 July 2008 - Regional bus test shows signs of success - reporting on the Geelong trial. .3 - Myki free Travel Passes - advising all Yarra Tram employees and those entitled to the free travel passes - issued 21 July 2010. 4 - issue 5 - July 2007 - bus expo, equipment installation 5 - issue 6 - Oct 2007 - TV adverts, installation, website, 6 - issue 7 - Dec. 2007 - General update, staff training, myki Ambassador and Student concession form. 7 - issue 15 - April 2010 - appointment of CEO, Bernie Carolan, myki on tour.trams, tramways, tickets, myki, employees, geelong, passes

Set of 70 different types or blocks of Melbourne Metcards, passes and associated tickets contained within their own envelope and placed in a heavy duty black folder within photographic sleeves or sheets by the Museum. All collected by Maxwell Hayes, These comprise: Folder Sheet Description 1A Sunday Saver Dec 05 1B Zones 1 to 3 combination Adult - 3 hour 1C Deaffympic games Dec. 04 1D Fares and Travel guide Dec 00 single 2A Safety and Security - Set 4 - Oct. 03 2A Federation May 01 2B Arts Festival 05 2C Melbourne Landmarks July 2000 2D Zones 1 to 3 combination concession - 3 hour 3A Herald Sun - free ticket 3B Art Set 4 Sept 03 3C Arts Festival 05, single Oct 05 3D Worlds Masters games, July 02 4A First issue March 98 4B First issue March 98 with arrows printed on top 4C Celebrity set 10 complete - Set 2 4D Early Bird tickets - wrapped with a Metlink newspaper advert. 5A MMTB / MTA Single Journey 5B Pre Decimal tickets MMTB 5C MMTB Machine tickets 5D Decimal MMTB/ MTA check tickets 6A MetroCard 1981 6B City Savers 6C MMTB Day tripper 6D MTMB/MTA paper tickets 7A Prepurchased Section tickets 7B MMTB Machine generated tickets 7C Monthly travel permits 7D MMTB Railway checks 8A Seniors travel passes 8B Victorian Railways Motor coach 8C Prepaid Travel voucher 8D City Section - concession 9A Misc. - Bus Proprietors Association tickets 9B Night Rider 9C Skybus 9D Neighbourhood Monthly 10A Neighbourhood student passes 10B Zone 1 concession 3 hour 10D Neighbourhood family travelcard 11A Neighbourhood concession 11B Set of 6 Melbourne 2000 Millennium Metcards 11C Melbourne Art Festival 2000 - set of 6 11D Federation Sq Metcard - two sets 12A Melbourne International Comedy festival Metcards 12B Free Internet trial Metcard Oct 1999 - 1 off 12C Two packets of Soccer tickets Metcards 12D Myer Metcard 13A Painted tram launch ticket 13B VR Spirit of Progress Metcard 13C Give blood Metcard May 03 13D Commonwealth Games Metcards Feb 06 14A Private bus lines 14B Melbourne food 2003 15A Neighbourhood full fare and off peak 15B Zone 1 full fare 3 hour 16A Zone full fare 2 hours 16B Neighbourhood travel cards - first issues? 17A Zone 1 to 3 and combinations full fare daily 17B TheatreWorks Travel card - Storming Mont Albert 18A National Bus Company 18B Zone concession - 2 hour 18B Machine issued MMTB - alpha zones 19A Sex (Party line) advertising on reverse 19B Machine issued MMTB Alpha zones 20A Veterans travel passes 20B Special Passes 21 Sample tickets - introduction of photo cards 22 Sample of MTA Gold pins Detail scans of Veterans passes and single journey tickets made - see images i2 to i5trams, tramways, tickets, metcard, metlink, buses, passes, nightrider

Pamphlet titled "Getting to know Automated Ticketing", detailing how the machines, tickets work, complete with buying a Metcard from retail outlets, types of tickets and validation. Written for staff use and illustrates the various types of equipment. Appears to have been issued prior to the use on trams. See item 7211 for a similar document that seems to be aimed at buses and other outlets.Yields information about the introduction of Metcards.Pamphlet - 12 page, centre stapled printed on gloss paper. trams, tramways, metcard, tickets, ticket machines, ptc

Used to cancel or punch paper tickets when purchased. Placed lear shaped hole in the ticket. Based on the stamped number, used from South Melbourne Depot. This type of punch was phased out by the 1990s when conductors were removed from trams.Demonstrates an item used by the MMTB to cancel tickets. Would have been issued to a conductor at South Melbourne Depot.Brass cast, machined, ticket punch, spring loaded, consists of two main parts with a pin & spring from coiled wire and fitted with formed wire retaining hole fitted to one of the arms. Item stamped "A259"stamped "A259" on one armtramways, ticket punch, tickets, fares, conductors, south melbourne depot

These items were used by tram and bus drivers as part of the Metcard machine management system. The PM (portable memory) key was issued to each driver. At the start of a shift, the driver would put it into a cream-coloured terminal at the sign-on point (starter's office in the depot) and transfer their shift information onto the key. Once the driver reached the vehicle, they put the key into the black-coloured terminal (tram driver's keypad - TDKP or bus driver's keypad) to upload the shift data to the vehicle. See item 2582 for more details and other examples.Demonstrates an item used on buses and trams for management of the Metcard Machines and ticketting issue.Digital Memory module, or Portable Memory Key, equivalent in type to a USB stick, black plastic with a sliding mechanism to protect 8 copper contact strips with a digital memory area at one end. Stamped into the memory area part number "97100188. On the reverse side is a lable giving details of the owner, part number, and serial number and that it is subject to a charge in favour of the National Australia Bank. Has as key type appearance. Has a key retaining ring and key tag with "194 Williams 361798" printed on it.tramways, trams, buses, metcard, ticket machines

Sign printed on paper with an adhesive backing, titled "MMTB Cash Fare Ticket Code", detailing tickets issued on trams giving the value for a specific alphabetical letter. Tickets issued by a ticket machine on a Z class tram.trams, tramways, tickets, ticket machines, signs, passengers

Black and White photographs of a self service bus ticket machine at Shoppingtown. Undated - c1990? See image i2 for a cropped hi res image Note on the sheet of paper with the photograph is 157-14 - Ticket Machine Photo date related to Reg Item 6055. Electric Traction June 1976 notes the provision of the ticket machine, the March 1977 issue notes the provision of the map and the July 1981 issue notes the removal of the machine. See image i3 to i5 for extracts.Has the Keith Kings photo stamp on the rear, but no number or details.trams, tramways, ticket machines, buses, doncaster

Contains the following tickets showing the style of tickets issued by various public transport operators. 3 pages of MMTB Imperial currency tickets 1 page of Pensioner concessions 3 pages of decimal currency tickets including dual currency type 1 page of Ultimate tickets - type sold at safety zones by Zone sellers 1 page of PMG prepaid tickets, special supplementary journal, machine bus ticket 1 page of PMG prepaid Section tickets, 1 page of incapacitated section tickets 2 pages of Hospital tickets Scholar's Concession ticket issued to the donor, Swimming class tickets and a Police ticket. 2 pages of unidentified tickets SPER National Park line 1 page of Adelaide tickets 4 pages of Provincial tramway tickets, dual currency including a Bendigo battery tram ticket. 3 pages of Brisbane tram and bus tickets 2 pages of Launceston bus tickets - 1968 1 page of Hobart tickets VR motor coach (bus) ticket 1 page of Perth tram tickets A TAA ground transport ticket San Francisco ticket, Hong Kong tickets, 2 pages of recovered MMTB tickets from behind tramcar seats - imperial currency and one MMTB Supplementary Running Journal.Yields information about the style of tickets issued by Australian Public Transport systems.Album - heavy black/green card covers containing 35 ruled quarto sheets secured with an Arnos metal binder with the title "Tickets" taped to the front of the object.tramways, melbourne, tickets, ballarat, bendigo, adelaide, launceston, hobart, brisbane, hong kong, taa airlines, perth, san francsico, sper, pmg

Set of keys for the ticket vending machine at Doncaster Shoppingtown. See Item 6056 for background and references to this machine - c1976. Demonstrates a set of keys for a ticket machine.Set of 6 keys of various types on two steel key rings and two labels. tramways, keys, buses, doncaster, shoppingtown, ticket machines

Printed form titled "M&MTB Almex Ticket Issuing Machine Running Journal" for use by Conductors or Bus Driver issuing Almex type tickets. Has the time of departure, tram number, counters, various checks, and fare values along with opening and closing numbers on the machine. Dated Oct. 1981.trams, tramways, tickets, conductors, revenue journal

Twenty page book, cloth bound, sewn within brown Rexene covers with end papers, titled "Rules and Regulations - relating to employees concerned in any aspect of fare collection, ticket issues and monies in connection therewith". Issued 30/5/1957 by order of the Board. Has an index, lists or provides rules for tickets, fares, cash, ticket machines, punches, passengers, by laws 11 (General) and 16 (lost property), Gibson and TIM Ticket machines, Ultimate machines. Two copies held, each printed with a number on the first page. 740.3 - copy added 3/12/15 from donation of Gary Butler. 740.1 - 2029 740.2 - 1895 740.3 - 1111 1/6/2019 - pdf scan of full book added from a spare copy.740.3 - on inside front cover in ink "H. De Dohse"trams, tramways, mmtb, conductors, instructions, melbourne, tickets, ticket machines

Photograph shows tramway traffic inspectors looking at Gibson ticket machine that has caused a strike at the Footscray bus depot over the use of one-man buses. Details of the event are give in the Melbourne Herald 20/11/1953 - see first reference for the Trove link. The strike also stopped the tram services. Des Shooter Union Delegate was suspended over the issue - Reference trove link 2 and 3 for for developments of the story. Note the "traffic" numbers on the caps of the inspectors - see item 8336 for these.Yields information about a dispute at Footscray depot in 1953 over one man buses and ticket machines.Black and white photograph with an undated press cutting on the rear."Misc-trams-employees" in red ink, a unreadable date stamp and "Trams Vict" on rear in pencil.tramcars, tramways, drivers, buses, footscray, strikes, ticket machines, one-man buses