12. Handiprinter

27th July 2004

This type of ticket came into use in the late 60s and early 70s and was largely confined to the Midland Region, where it became standard booking office equipment at average size stations. The tickets had separate outward and return halves which were joined by perforations. The introduction of APTIS saw the removal of the last Handiprinter installations.

Shrewsbury to Chester day return from 1984.	An off peak return from 1980. Crewe to Manchester Oxford Road.	A Priv return Widnes to Liverpool Lime St.	A Derby to Nottingham single from 1973.
A blank to blank single from 1985. Issued from Shrewsbury to Crewe.	A cheap off peak return from Newton le Willows to Eccles. (1980).	A weekend return from Carlisle for a journey into Scotland. Note the Barclaycard stamp.	Shrewsbury to blank ticket issued to Runcorn. The ticket type is a half rate student minimum fare single.
Birmingham New Street to Stetchford - a local West Midlands issue.	A return ticket from Carlisle to Settle. This is a rare example of an out and a return half still joined together. This example is printed on the thicker, yellow card used on earlier issues.	A Handiprinter machine at the National Railway Museum, York.	A selection of "slugs" that were inserted into the machine to issue different ticket types. National Railway Museum, York.