Louisiana Transportation Tokens
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Transportation tokens,
Transit tokens or
Bus tokens are tokens made for an operator of a transportation facility.
They were used with his authority on his facility.
Transportation tokens may include tokens used on toll roads, bridges, amusement rides, ferries, streetcars and buses.
Transportation tokens were accepted as payment for one fare, one half fare or one student fare.
The majority of these tokens are 16mm or 23mm and had three main types of buses pictured. The old bus type with the protruding front first appeared in 1924. A second type appeared in 1936. By 1952 a third type closely resembled a modern Greyhound type bus.
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Most regular issue transportation tokens are common and priced very low. This is a great token starter collection with lots of tokens available in bulk. Plus several books or catalogs have been written on the subject. If you would like to see a list of Louisiana Transportation tokens in PDF format CLICK HERE
Richard Stable Eunice, LA
Good From Hotel To Depot
Atwood-Coffee LA 240-A. One of the most popular Transit token are the pieces marked "good from hotel to depot. Mack Richard owned this livery stable which was located at the corner of Vine and Second streets. He would meet the trains at the depot on North Second and take them to O'Quinn's Hotel. Round trip fare was twenty five cents, so a token was given as change for the ride from the hotel back to the depot. The token was used in the 1910s.
Below is a list of known Louisiana Transporation tokens by Louisiana catalog number, company description, city, type of metal and token shape.
- 112-L/2a Louisiana Pwr. & Lt. Co. Algiers Rd-B
- 112-L/2b Louisiana Pwr. & Lt. Co. Algiers Rd-Wm
- 112-L/2c Louisiana Pwr. & Lt. Co. Algiers Rd-Z
- 112-L/3 Louisiana Power & Light Company Algiers Rd-B
- 112-L/4 Louisiana Pwr. & Lt. Co Navy Algiers Rd-S
- 651-B/5 Baton Rouge Bus Co. Inc. Rd-Wm
- 651-M/2 Metro Transit Baton Rouge (Bronze) Rd-B
- 651-M/2 Metro Transit Baton Rouge (Brass) Rd-B
- 651-N/1 No Cash Value / Good For One Fare Rd-Wm
- 1078-A Bogalusa City Lines Inc. Rd-Wm
- 1855-C McBride Transfer Churchpoint Rd-A
- 2982-E Richard's Stable Eunice Rd-B
- 3245-A Camp Polk Bus Service Fort Polk Rd-B
- 3745-Va Westside Transit Lines, Inc. (23mm) Rd-Wm
- 3745-Vb Westside Transit Lines, Inc. (16mm) Rd-Wm
- 3882-C Jefferson Parish Transit Rd-Wm
- 3882-D Louisiana Transit Company Rd-Wm
- 4760-L/7 Little Willie's Bus Check Lafayette (29mm) Rd-A
- 4760-L/8 Little Willie's Bus Check Lafayette (31mm) Rd-A
- 4788-L/4 Lake Charles Transit Company Rd-B
- 5936-M/7a Municipal Bus & St. Ry Div. Monroe (brass) Rd-B
- 5936-M/7a Municipal Bus & St. Ry Div. Monroe (bronze) Rd-B
- 5936-M/7b Municipal Bus & St. Ry Div. Monroe (zinc) Rd-B
- 6293-M/43 MRBA Ferry Rd-B
- 6293-N/20a New Orleans Public Service Inc. Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/20b New Orleans Public Service Inc. (red) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/20c New Orleans Public Service Inc. (grn) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/20d New Orleans Public Service Inc. (blue) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/20e New Orleans Public Service Inc. (base) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/21a New Orleans Railway & Light Co. Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/21b New Orleans Railway & Light Co. (red) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/21c New Orleans Railway & Light Co. (grn) Rd-Wm
- 6293-N/21c New Orleans Railway & Light Co. (blue) Rd-Wm
- 6293-R/7 Regional Transit Authority 1984 Rd-B
- 6293-R/8 Regional Transit Authority (in N.O.) Rd-B
- 6293-R/8 Regional Transit Authority (in world) Rd-B
- 6496-R J. Ryan Thompson's Livery Stable Rd-A
- 6776-D Pineville Bus Line Rd-B
- 7655-C-25 Quick Service Cab Line Scotlandville Rd-A
- 7655-C-50 Quick Service Cab Line Rd-A Scotlandville
- 7791-C/16a Crystal Palace (ticket to ride) Shreveport Rd-B
- 7791-C/16b Crystal Palace (ticket to ride) Shreveport Rd-NP
- 7791-E/3 Electric Railroad (one fare) Shreveport Rd-Wm
- 7791-E/4a Electric Railroad (school children) Shreveport Rd-Wm
- 7791-E/4b Electric Railroad (school children) Shreveport Rd-Wm
- 7791-G/5-100 GF/$1.00/Fare In Shreveport S4-B
- 7791-M/7-05 Meridian Fertilizer Factory Shreveport Oc-B
- 7791-S/12 Shreveport Railways Co. (child) Rd-Wm
- 7791-S/12 Shreveport Railways Co. (full fare) Rd-Wm
- 7791-S/15 Shreveport Traction Co. Rt-Wm
- 7791-S/16 Shreveport Transit Co. Inc. Rd-Wm
- 8708-Da Natchez & Vidalia Ferry (one fare) Rd-Wm
- 8708-Db Natchez & Vidalia Ferry (weekly) Rd-Wm
- 8708-Dc Natchez & Vidalia Ferry (School) Rd-Wm
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