Thomas Edmondson
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Thomas Edmondson
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Thomas Edmondson was the inventor of the Edmondson railway ticket. He was a member of the Religious Society of Friends and originally worked at the Gillow cabinet making business in Lancaster. While working as a station master at Milton on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, he devised the idea of a new type of railway ticket: a small piece of cardboard, pre-printed with journey details. The tickets would be numbered by hand, and validated by a separate date-stamping press when purchased. He als
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