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4/26/2024
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Viewing Album: Tickets
By:
Tom Beckett
Dates:
1/1/1975 - 5/31/2023
Album Info:
Various train tickets I have accumulated over the years, mostly commuter and Amtrak, but a few others as well. There are also some rapid transit system fare cards here.
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Title:
Zone four to zone three
Description:
A ticket from Great Neck to Auburndale, the western limit of zone 3. Broadway, the next stop, was in zone 2, which also included Murray Hill and Main St.
Photo Date:
1/6/1972
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:04:59 AM
Location:
Great Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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12
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Title:
Shuttle transfer ticket
Description:
Back in the 1970s, there were several shuttle operating on the NY subway system. One of them was a vestige of the BMT that ran from the Prospect Park station on the Brighton Line(D, M, and QB trains) to Fulton St. Originally, it connected with the BMTs Fulton St elevated line. When that line was replaced in 1940 with the IND subway, the line from Prospect Park remained, the transfer along with it, but now to the underground A train. To facilitate the transfer, you used a ticket. It was acquired by pulling a lever on a machine, which spit out the ticket. At the other end, you dropped the ticket in a collection box. The large number indicated the day of the month the ticket was issued. I do not know if this system is still in place, though I imagine the Metrocard has eliminated it. I picked this one up Sep 20 1973.
Photo Date:
9/20/1973
Upload Date:
9/9/2021 5:38:03 AM
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Title:
Transfer tickets
Description:
Front and back of the transfer tickets used in the 1970s for passengers to go between the Franklin Shuttle, on the BMT, and the IND Fulton St line. You got a ticket from a dispensing machine at one station, and dropped it in the box at the other. The Franklin Shuttle is a remnant of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Fulton St el, torn down in 1940 after the IND line opened.
Photo Date:
3/22/1975
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 5:45:52 AM
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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11
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Title:
In and out
Description:
I got on the IC electric line at 53rd St, paying cash to the conductor. When I paid for the ticket, he gave me the card below, to pass through the turnstile at Randolph St to get out.
Photo Date:
8/16/1978
Upload Date:
9/9/2021 5:54:27 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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57
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1
Title:
Erie Lackawanna
Description:
This ticket was purchased at the New Providence station on the ex DLW Gladstone Branch, which was still using its EL stamp in March of 1979. I wish Id had the foresight to buy up a bunch of tickets from various stations along each predecessor line. I was in college at the time, and working part time, so cash flow was limited. Too bad. Id have some real gems now.
Photo Date:
3/20/1979
Upload Date:
5/16/2018 6:03:24 AM
Location:
New Providence, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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101
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Title:
Cab ride authorization
Description:
In 1979, as a PR effort to get riders to understand the travails of running the diesel lines, the LIRR implemented a program, whose name, if I recall correctly, was People to People. The prime feature of the program was to have riders take a cab ride on a line of their choice, with an LIRR official along to explain what went into making it all happen. Of course, I applied immediately. This is the letter I received, telling me I was set to rider Train 509 from Oyster Bay to Hunterspoint Av on April 26 1979.
Photo Date:
3/26/1979
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:11:10 AM
Location:
Oyster Bay, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Passenger
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Title:
Oyster Bay timetable
Description:
This is the timetable that goes with the letter, showing train 509, leaving Oyster Bay at 0732, arriving Hunterspoint Av at 0851. I rode the cab on that train. My chariot that day was LIRR 610, an FA 2.
Photo Date:
4/26/1979
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:14:15 AM
Location:
Oyster Bay, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Passenger
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8
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Title:
Oyster Bay timetable, part 2
Description:
The other half of the timetable, this part showing the LI City schedules, which were handled by Oyster Bay trains west of Jamaica.
Photo Date:
4/26/1979
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:15:44 AM
Location:
Oyster Bay, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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12
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Title:
CNJ
Description:
The reverse of two tickets sold for trips on the former Central RR of New Jersey. Both were purchased at Newark Penn Station, which after 1967 was the NY area terminal for through trains-the trains to Bayonne ran as shuttles connecting with CNJ Main Line trains at Cranford. The ticket with the January date was for a trip to Phillipsburg, the June ticket was for a trip to Bay Head. Not sure when they quit using the CNJ stamps, but Id guess it was by 1983, when NJ Transit took over rail operations.
Photo Date:
6/20/1979
Upload Date:
5/16/2018 5:41:13 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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125
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0
Title:
Metro North seat check
Description:
A seat check used to help trainmen keep track of whos ticket had been lifted. Kinda pale and hard to see.
Photo Date:
1/21/1981
Upload Date:
5/17/2018 5:16:53 AM
Location:
Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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115
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Title:
New Haven tickets
Description:
A pair of tickets for the New Haven line. The office issued ticket is for a trip to Rowayton, bought at Grand Central. PC used the same type machine that EL used at Hoboken. The other is a cash receipt for the New Haven Line.
Photo Date:
1/21/1981
Upload Date:
5/17/2018 5:12:19 AM
Location:
Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
158
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0
Title:
CR commuter tickets ex PRR
Description:
These are the front and rear of the CR cash receipts issued on the former Pennsy lines in New Jersey. Note they have stations listed for the Corridor-the ex PRR main to Philly, and also on the Bay Head line, the New York & Long Branch. CNJ trains also used this form, since they made all the same stops on this line after the 1967 Aldene plan was implemented, and their Bay Head trains originated in Newark Penn Station. I must have picked up one of the tickets after a fare increase-note one ticket has blocks for $1 and 1.25; the other for $1.50 and $2.
Photo Date:
4/27/1981
Upload Date:
5/4/2018 4:22:14 AM
Location:
South Amboy, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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151
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0
Title:
Conrail commuter tickets-ex CNJ
Description:
A pair of round trip tickets issued at Newark. All CNJ Bay Head and Main Line trains, now operated by Conrail, ran out of Newark Penn Station since their Jersey City terminal closed in 1967, and the trains were moved to Newark. The Bay Head trains used the ex PRR to Rahway, where they took the line to South Amboy, now on a Pennsy routing, though the trains had CNJ numbers in the 5300 series, vs the PRR 3300 series numbers. The Main Line trains took the connection at Hunter Tower, just outside the Penn Station train shed, to a connection with the ex Lehigh Valley at NK Tower, using the LV to Aldene, where they went down a ramp to the CNJ constructed for the purpose. They stopped at Roselle Park on the LV, then Cranford once on the CNJ, and on to Raritan for most trains, with a couple going on to Phillipsburg.
Photo Date:
4/27/1981
Upload Date:
5/4/2018 4:50:56 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
135
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0
Title:
NYC side cash receipts
Description:
The cash receipts for the Metro North trains, like their Jersey counterparts, except for now showing Conrail, looked largely like the PC forms they replaced. Here are cash tickets from the Hudson and Harlem Lines. Note the Harlem ticket: no Southeast, not even Brewster North, which was the name before Southeast, and the last stop is Dover Plains. It was a long way up there, and required a train change at Brewster. The line originally went to Chatham, where it connected with NYCs Boston & Albany, but was cut back in 1971 after the last PC train came off prior to Amtrak. The line was extended to Wassaic, but the rest is still empty roadbed, getting more and more treed in.
Photo Date:
5/21/1981
Upload Date:
5/17/2018 5:09:01 AM
Location:
Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
152
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0
Title:
South Shore cash receipt.
Description:
Dont recall the exact circumstances of this ticket. Probably from Hammond to Chicago in 1984, but theres no date on the receipt, so mostly a guess.
Photo Date:
3/21/1984
Upload Date:
9/9/2021 5:56:43 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Tom Beckett
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63
Comments:
1
Title:
Miscellaneous tickets
Description:
A pair of receipts, one from NJ Transit for $1, which must have been an add on fare for a ride from somewhere else. The date is Jan 1, but it doesnt say what year, though my guess is 1985. the other ticket is a non specific CR receipt for cash received, but with no stations listed.
Photo Date:
1/1/1985
Upload Date:
5/5/2018 5:02:02 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger
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Views:
128
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1
Title:
CTA Transit Card
Description:
Chicago Transit Authority fare card as it existed in 2000
Photo Date:
10/1/2000
Upload Date:
9/9/2021 6:04:50 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger
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Views:
52
Comments:
1
Title:
CTA Transit Card reverse
Description:
The back of the CTA Transit Card, conditions listed.
Photo Date:
10/1/2000
Upload Date:
9/9/2021 6:05:42 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger
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46
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1
Title:
After the token
Description:
The NYCTA for decades after the fare went to 15 cents in the early 1950s, used tokens to access the subway. As time and technology moved on, the tokens were eventually phased out, replaced by the Metro Card, which we see here. It had a magnetic stripe on the back, which the turnstile read to deduct the fare.
Photo Date:
10/31/2010
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:19:33 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger
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Views:
11
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1
Title:
Hudson Line over time
Description:
A group of Hudson Line tickets, two of them from Ticket Vending Machines, which have become prevalent since the 1990s. Both of the TVM tickets were bought on the platform at Tarrytown, where Id park when going to the city. Its a lot easier to park there and take the train to NY than drive there. One is from 2003, the other from 2013. The format changed a little in ten years. At the bottom is a ticket stub from a ticket bought at Grand Central, when Conrail was operating the commuter trains in 1981.
Photo Date:
7/29/2013
Upload Date:
5/17/2018 5:01:43 AM
Location:
Tarrytown, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Views:
124
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0
Title:
DC ride
Description:
The front and back of a farecard for WMATA, the Washington DC subway system, as it was in 2017
Photo Date:
12/10/2017
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 6:24:41 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger
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Views:
10
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1
Title:
Conrail tickets-EL
Description:
This is a set of Hoboken issued tickets on former EL lines, except for the ticket from New Providence on the Gladstone Branch. The Hoboken ticket office had a machine that printed the ticket. The destination was selected by using a long, metal piece that had the destination cast into it, which was inserted into the ticket machine, which then printed out the ticket. The same machine was also used at Grand Central on the ex NYC and New Haven lines. We have here tickets for both the DLW and Erie sides, to Newark and Denville on the DLW, and a stub from Suffern on the Erie.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
5/3/2018 6:22:26 AM
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
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124
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Title:
Conrail commuter tickets-EL cash receipts
Description:
This is a pair of cash receipts from the EL, with both the DLW and Erie sides represented. Note the Erie side receipts has the Salisbury Mills and Campbell Hall stations listed, so it must have been issued after 1980 or so, when the Main Line through Goshen was abandoned, and trains to Port Jervis rerouted over the Graham Line and Moodna Viaduct.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
5/3/2018 6:28:43 AM
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
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128
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Title:
Conrail cash receipts and ticket-CNJ
Description:
The ticket from Newark to NY, with the notation of Phillipsburg is a standard issue ticket bought at Penn Station in NY. It was the coupon to be collected by the conductor on the connecting train from Newark to NY, since the P-burg train terminated at Newark. Its likely the connection was crowded, and they didnt lift the ticket. A souvenir for me!! The cash receipts are notable for their color and stations. They are cash receipts issued on CNJ trains as operated by CR in their early years. The yellow ticket is the same as the white ones issued by PRR side trains on the same route. The Pennsy and CNJ jointly operated the Bay Head line from Perth Amboy as the New York & Long Branch. Originally, CNJ trains ran out of Jersey City, on their own line via Elizabethport, turning south there to reach joint track at Perth Amboy. They were steam, and later, diesel hauled for the entire trip. The PRR trains came out of NY Penn Station, behind GG 1s, trading engines at South Amboy to steam(this was PRRs last steam holdout, til Nov 1957), and later diesels, among them Baldwin sharks. It was the last place in the US that E 7s ran, the last three retired in 1978. Interestingly, the ticket also lists stations on the ex PRR to Trenton. The blue CNJ ticket was issued on one of the non NY&LB trains. Even into the CR era, note all the stations. At the time, they were still running two trains to Reading Terminal every day from Newark, and to 33rd St in Bayonne via the Newark Bay draw. That would end in Nov 1978, with the Philly trains coming off in 1981 when service was cut back to West Trenton. After 1967, all CNJ trains ran out of Newark Penn, following implementation of the Aldene Plan; Bayonne trains ran as a connection to main line trains at Cranford.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
5/5/2018 4:50:41 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Views:
186
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Title:
Cash fare form
Description:
This is the front and back of the tickets issued by trainmen aboard trains in the 1970s and 80s. The front has a wide range of punch spaces to indicate origin and destination, date, fare collected, etc. The reverse has a zone map of the LIRR. At the time I got this, the penalty fare was 25 cents for tickets bought on a train where the ticket office was open at departure time. There was no penalty for a non agency station of if the office was closed.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
4/27/2018 5:42:41 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station
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Views:
144
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0
Title:
Form O-PS-2E
Description:
The blue tickets are form O-PS-2E; the white one is OOSS 1B, and there is a seat check. The LIRR had various different forms at different times, the 1B being issued in 1977, the 2Es in 1983.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
4/27/2018 5:58:03 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
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Views:
177
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0
Title:
Monthlies
Description:
LIRR monthly commutation tickets, in this case from Little Neck, zone 3, where I lived, and Port Washington, zone 4, the end of the line. Theres also the reverse of a monthly with all the conditions. At the time, the price was $69.50 from Little Neck to Penn.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
4/27/2018 6:10:39 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
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Views:
146
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0
Title:
LIRR form OOPS1S and P1BHSX
Description:
LIRR had peak and off peak tickets, reflecting the time of day the train ran. The peak period was for arrivals or departures in the City Terminal Zone from 6-9 AM, and 4-7 PM. Note the off peak ticket has a large "off peak" printed on it.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
4/27/2018 6:01:00 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
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Views:
274
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Title:
Weekly
Description:
The weekly commutation ticket, in this case for the week ending June 19 1981, form WCZ. I didnt usually get one of these, as the monthlies were a better deal. I had started a job in the city mid month, so this was the way to go until the start of July.
Photo Date:
4/27/2018
Upload Date:
4/27/2018 6:08:27 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
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Views:
157
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0
Title:
NYCTA transit passes
Description:
When I was in high school, I rode on a pass. Students who rode the buses or subways to school, which was pretty much any high school student, and some grade school kids, had one. There were three types: S, for surface, good on buses only; R, for rapid transit, good on subways only, and C, combination, good on both. I rode the Q 12 bus in Queens, and the Flushing IRT to school, so I had a C pass. These are from my sophomore, junior, and senior years.
Photo Date:
10/22/2020
Upload Date:
10/22/2020 3:59:33 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Transit,Passenger
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Views:
136
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Title:
Back of the pass
Description:
The back of my transit passes had a wealth of information about the conditions of holding the pass. One of them was that they were to be turned in at the end of the school year, which, for the latest of these, was 1977.
Photo Date:
10/22/2020
Upload Date:
10/22/2020 4:09:11 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Transit,Passenger
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Views:
65
Comments:
2
Title:
Denver Rapid Transit District A line schedule
Description:
Cover of the folder for the A line, from Union Station to Denver International Airport. Trains run every 15 minutes most of the day, starting at 3 AM, the last train leaving Denver Union Station at 1 AM.
Photo Date:
3/18/2023
Upload Date:
3/30/2023 5:30:22 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger
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Views:
36
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1
Title:
Denver B and G train guide
Description:
Both trains share a route out to Pecos Jct, the B going a short distance farther to Westminster, the G going on to Wheat Ridge.We rode out to Wheat Ridge, as you can see in the Denver RTD album.
Photo Date:
3/18/2023
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 5:21:06 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Passenger
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Views:
15
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1
Title:
RTD N line guide
Description:
The N runs from Union Station out to Eastlake & 124th St.
Photo Date:
3/18/2023
Upload Date:
5/17/2023 5:29:25 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Views:
13
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Title:
Regional pass
Description:
We bought the day pass to ride from Aurora, east of downtown-we were staying in Strasburg KOA, about 35 miles east of the city-to cover the whole system of rapid transit routes. A good deal at $10.50 for all the riding you can stand, although its admittedly not as expansive as the Long Island or NJ Transit. For seniors, its half fare. Cant beat that. The trains are reasonably clean and comfortable, too.
Photo Date:
3/18/2023
Upload Date:
3/30/2023 5:37:38 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
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32
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1
Title:
Back side of pass
Description:
The reverse side of the RTD day pass.
Photo Date:
3/18/2023
Upload Date:
3/30/2023 5:38:44 AM
Location:
Denver, CO
Author:
Tom Beckett
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Transit,Passenger
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33
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