Ephemera - Ticket - SEC Ballarat Tramways Weekly, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 1940s

Historical information

Used SEC 2/6 weekly ticket, ticket numbers B 209600. Originally printed and stapled into blocks of 20 tickets. The ticket is printed on a manila 210gsm card and printed using red ink to give day numbers, monthly, week number, transfers, and day of the week, excluding Sunday. Numbered on the right end of the ticket. Static number (1 - 7) on left indicates maybe the day of the issue. The ticket has been nipped in the day spaces 8 times and has been nipped for the month of April and week 1.

On the rear of the ticket is the details of the ticket use, allowing the passenger one return journey between City and section 3 or 4. Not available on Sundays.

The ticket was located on a tram behind a sandbox during maintenance works. Possibly lost by the original user.

Significance

Yields information about the use of SEC Ballarat weekly tickets.

Physical description

Medium weight manila card weekly ticket used by the SEC Tramways in Ballarat - No. B209600.

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