Historical information

Tickets printed and issued by the Victorian Railways for the St Kilda to Brighton electric street railway or tramway. The line closed in sections with the last section between the railway station and Elwood Depot closing in 1959. All tickets numbered for accounting purposes.

Significance

Yields information about the VR Ticketting System for its Tramwaysl

Physical description

Set of 7 Victorian Railways St Kilda Brighton ticket blocks. Printed on white sheets, stapled at the top with a large staple onto a cardboard backing strip. Each value in red ink with black print information. Each block has the ticket number printed on the stub of the ticket that remained with the block when torn off. Were printed in blocks of 200.

1 - 2d tickets nos 178027 to 178199 - for use between Glenhuntly Rd and Carlisle Street.
2 - 3 1/2 - backing cardboard removed and some tickets removed from the rear of the block - Nos. 747011 to 747182.
3 - 4d - Nos. 20007 to 20195 - some tickets at the rear removed including the stubs,
4 - 4d - No.s 513612 to 513791 - cardboard backing and some tickets at rear removed. The ticket numbers are in a different style to that above.
5 - 5d - Nos. 230013 to 230195 - cardboard backing and some tickets at rear removed.
6 - 5d - Nos 397246 to 397399
7 - 5d - Nos 387204 to 387295 - some tickets at the rear removed including the stubs.