ABSTRACT
Ticket machines for rapid transit: staff shortages and rising costs, coupled with the need to eleminate fraudulent travel, have brought about the mechanization of fare collection on rapid transit lines· (in Railw· gaz., vol. 123, May 16, 1969, pp. 374-377)
Topical Headings: Ticket machines; Magnetic encoding; Gate systems; Change machines; German practice·
7 Chronological Years, 1971-1973
Costs
Automatic operation of rapid transit trains, by A.N. McKillop· (in Mod· railw·. vol. 39, Jan. 1972, pp. 19-22)
Abstract of paper on HAutomatic operation of rapid transit trains", presented to the Institute of Railway Signal Engineers# Discusses the need to offset rising labour costs and manpower scarcity.
