A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XXII.—PERSONS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Sub-order 1.—Railway Workers

705.—Ticket Collectors and Examiners


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chief ticket collector
see foreman ticket collector.
clerk collector
combines duties of clerk (939) and of ticket collector q.v.; obsolescent, now graded either as clerk or as collector according to exact nature of duties.
corridor train collector
see train ticket collector.
excess collector, excessman
collects excess fares from passengers when travelling, e.g. by a route or in a class other than that covered by their tickets; obsolescent , now graded as ticket inspector, ticket collector or train ticket collector q.v. according to exact nature of his duties.
foreman ticket collector, foreman ticket examiner ; chief ticket collector, head ticket collector, senior ticket collector
controls work of ticket collectors q.v. at large stations; arranges rosters etc.; sometimes himself collects tickets.
gateman (ticket collector), gate ticket examiner
see ticket collector.
head ticket collector, senior ticket collector
see foreman ticket collector.
ticket collector, ticket checker, ticket examiner, ticket taker ; gateman (ticket collector), gate ticket examiner
collects and examines tickets of passengers leaving arrival platform; examines and clips tickets of passengers entering departure platform; charges excess fare where due.
ticket inspector
boards trains and examines passengers' tickets; directs passengers as to route where necessary; collects excess fare where due, or takes particulars of passengers' addresses, etc., for recovery of fares in certain instances.
toll collector, bridge toll collector
collects tolls from pedestrians, drivers of vehicles, cattle drovers, etc., passing over bridge owned by railway company; renders periodic reports to toll inspector (700) q.v.
train ticket collector, travelling ticket collector, travelling ticket examiner ; corridor train collector
collects tickets on corridor trains and excess fares where necessary; is attached to head office or to a district office and is usually rostered to travel regularly with specific trains; under supervision of ticket inspector q.v., makes surprise examinations of passengers' tickets at any station or on any passenger train running in specified district or on main lines.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.