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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Berkswell and Balsall Common: lnwrberk3012

Front of the BR Third Class Cheap Day Ticket from Marston Green to Berkswell dated 24th March 1955

Front of the British Railways Third Class Cheap Day Ticket from Marston Green to Berkswell dated 24th March 1955. The return fare was 1 shilling and 4 pence (written as 1/4) which is slightly less than seven new (decimal) pence. In image 'lnwrcov574' the fares from Coventry to the stations along the Birmingham line are listed and show the fare to Marston Green as being two shillings (2/-) or 10 new pence and the fare to Berkswell as being one shilling and two pence (1/2) which is slightly more than 6 new pence. The eight pence (-/8) difference in fares being charged between the two station presumably reflects the railways' market monopoly at the time.

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