Old bus tickets

London Transport

Individual pre-printed tickets were dispensed from a rack by the conductor.

LT tickets showing various fare values

1940s

Early tickets showed the names of fare stages on the route.

1950s

Later tickets showed fare stage numbers only. Where the back wasn’t used for fare stages it carried advertisments.


The Economic Bus Company

Economic was based in Whitburn, North East England and had similar tickets.

Economic tickets showing various fare values

Both sides of Economic ticket


Sunderland Corporation Transport

Also in North East England, this local authority used rolls of pre-printed tickets.