Decoding the backsPage last modified/checked: Tuesday, 16 April 2002The information printed on the back is presumed to be the visual equivalent of the information stored on the magnetic strip on the front of the ticket. Scans of both machine and pre-encoded 2-hour tickets (featuring an expiry time), and longer term tickets (featuring an expiry date only) are shown. A pre-encoded ticket's back is quite easy to pick out due to the lack of information printed on it - simply the time and/or date of expiry, nothing else. |
Typical 2-Hour Concession Ticket
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Time and date of expiry----------->
Message/Slogan-------------------------> Fare Type-----------------------------> Time and date of issue-------------> Machine type (089),----------------> machine number (1496) ticket number (01112268) |
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Typical Daily/Weekly/Monthly Full Fare Ticket
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Date of expiry----------->
Message/Slogan-------------------------> Fare Type-----------------------------> Time and date of issue-------------> Machine type (065),----------------> machine number (1099) ticket number (01393030) |
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Typical Pre-encoded 2-Hour Ticket
| Time and date of expiry-----------> |
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Typical Pre-encoded Daily/Weekly/Monthly Ticket
| Date of expiry-----------> |
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