LNER Cheap Monthly Return Tickets : from Aberdeen and principal LNER stations (G.N. of S. Section) : publicity pamphlet : London & North Eastern Railway : [Aberdeen] : April 1939 : cover by Frank Newbould

A pamphlet issued, in what would be the last weeks of peace, during April 1939 and giving details of cheap monthly return tickets from Aberdeen and 'principal' stations on the old Great North of Scotland Railway Section of their system. The GNSR had been one of the many railways amalgamated to form the London & North Eastern Railway in the "Grouping" of 1923. As can be seen from the specimen page the 'principal' stations included Fraserburgh, Grantown-on-Spey, Huntly, Insch, Keith, Keith Town, Macduff, Peterhead, Portsoy, Rothes, Stonehaven, Turriff, Aberdenn, Aberlour, Aboyne, Alford, Ballater, Banchory, Banff, Banff Bridge, Buckie, Craigellachie, Cullen, Dufftown and Elgin. Many of these stations would vanish off the map in the later retrenchment of the railways in the 1960s. Fares are shown to a wide range of towns and cities across Scotland and England and gave you return travel facilities within a month of issue.

 

The graphics on the cover include the bold representation of one of the company's streamlined steam locomotives and trainset - even down to the fishtail rear carriage - and is by "N"; Frank Newbould, an artist much used by the LNER. The Edmondson style ticket is neatly numbered 1939 and takes you from "Any Station to Your Choice" and Back Again to Your Station".

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