Poster; Metropolitan Railway fare chart, issued by the Metropolitan Railway, July 1886

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Reference number	1995/643
Description	1886 Letterpress poster comparing journey times to a selection of 'places of interst' on the competing Metropolitan Railway and District Railway travelling in opposiite directions on the Inner Circle. Comparing the Met journey times to their 1885 timetable suggests the poster was displayed at Bayswater, so the journey times in the clockwise direction to the locations chosen are less than on the District's anti-clockwise route, though the ticket prices are the same.
Artist	unknown
Dates	1886
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Fares Metropolitan line Journey times Circle line Metropolitan Railway District line Passenger information Sub-surface Railway
Completeness	81% 81% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	978mm
  Width	1210mm

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Blue Orange

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Metropolitan Railway
  Text	Metropolitan Railway /The best, cheapest most convenient, and expeditious route / to the undermentioned places of interest in London/ is by /the Metropolitan Railway /Note the fares and the time occupied on Journey (from this station)/ Save your time /by in all cases asking the booking clerks for ticktes to the Metropolitan stations, and /see that you get them /Compare these fares and times with these...

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Unknown, 1886
  Publisher	Metropolitan Railway, 1886