Old Edmonson Vintage Used Sri Lanka 100 Rail Road
Train Tickets For Collectors
The Edmondson railway ticket was a system for recording the payment of railway fares and accounting for the revenue raised, introduced in the 1840s.It is named after its inventor, Thomas Edmondson, a trained cabinet maker, who became a station master on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway in England He introduced his system on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Previously, railway companies had used handwritten tickets, as was the practice for stagecoaches, but it was laborious for a ticket clerk to write out a ticket for each passenger and long queues were common at busy stations.
The Edmondson system came into general use with the creation of the Railway Clearing House in 1842, becoming the essential standard feature.
Sri Lanka is one of few countries who still use this Edmonson ticketing system. They use second hand machinery imported from Nederlands to print these tickets.Sri Lanka is a tiny island which is also a famous tropical tourist destination.Which has a railway network runs on various kinds of terrains including misty mountains, beaches & valleys. It was build by British while this island was ruled by them. This network has five mains routes which are connected in countries commercial capital Colombo. Those are Main line, Coastal Line, Upcountry Line, Mannar Line & Batticaloa Line.