With the weather making it feel like spring, I decided to start clearing out some of my clutter. In doing so, I discovered two old TTC tickets in an envelope (both sides shown above). They’re from the mid-1980s, I suspect, as Julian Porter (whose name appears on the tickets) was TTC Chairman from 1979-1987. My grandmother was a frequent TTC rider which explains why I have a senior’s ticket (left) in my possession. Also note the cost: students got 5 tickets for $2 and seniors 5 for $1.75!
Old TTC tickets
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I feel old (ish).
What a blast from the past!! I remember the white ones which were used for, i believe, student tickets….which were then changed to purple…
Mike’s Transit Stop has an historical timeline of TTC fares that helps to date these tickets.
The 5 for $1.75 senior fare was in place through 1984.
The 5 for $2 student (scholar!!) fare was in place through 1986… the ticket design appears to have been slightly modernized.
I enjoy the printed tickets compared to the more recent “graphical” designs. (Sorry, don’t know the correct terms for how the printing was/is done.) I remember thinking the same thing as a kid in the 80s when comparing the printed Leafs tickets with the Jays tickets that basically took a blank and ran it through a dot matrix printer.
When I was a student (pre-1970), the scholars ticket could only be used until 5 PM. After which you either had to pay the adult fare or drop 2 scholars tickets.
It’s quite noble that they called it “scholars” — seems so much more elegant than “students”. It’s like the word “youth” — when did that start spreading. Awful.
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It’s probably blatantly obvious, but I can’t figure it out right now…what would the “P” stand for on the left ticket?
“P” probably stands for Pensioner.
Julian Porter is my hero: http://illegalsigns.ca/2008/03/26
The earlier designs were simpler, before counterfeiters were able to easily duplicate ticket stock.
The really old tickets had pictures of streetcars on them. There are some pre-TTC tickets included in an article on my site:
http://stevemunro.ca/?p=282
I will have to scan in some of the TTC tickets from the days of four for a quarter with nice drawings of Peter Witts and PCC cars on them.