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The Ticket System
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tickets to passengers who had not come by train. These omnibuses were drawn by three horses harnessed abreast. At the present day, almost the only ommnibuses drawn by three horses abreast are the red "Favorites"—big, ungainly things, which run from Highgate and Islington to the City. They carry nearly fifty passengers, but, in consequence of their size, are not allowed to be in the City after 10 a.m.
A Metropolitan Railway "Umbrella" omnibus
The ticket system having worked successfully on the London Road Car Company's omnibuses,
