Ephemera - Ticket Blocks, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Railway Check Ticket", c1970s

Physical description

Block of tickets - paper printed paper stapled too a cardboard back with a top retaining piece, "Railway Check Tickets" printed in black on off white paper with two red diagonal stripes, numbers B879814 to 879999. Used for passengers who travelled by tram or bus on railway issued tickets. Has the terms of use printed on the tickets, only available on Sundays. Issued by the MMTB.



The only line that these were used on was Route 19, for the Upfield line.



See Reg Item 2371 for a timetable where tram/bus used only on Sundays and 2378 when it was in the evenings Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday.

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