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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)

Education for Railwaymen

Education for Railwaymen.

Many interesting educational plans are operated by the Home railways for the benefit of their staffs. A new departure is a London training school for booking-clerks established by the Southern Railway. The training of probationers is in the hands of two experienced instructors. On entering the school, the juniors are first taught the different types of tickets, their availability, etc. Later, the boys staff a model booking-office, one boy under the instruction of a tutor acting as booking-clerk, and the others acting as passengers under the control of the second instructor. The student acting as booking-clerk remains on duty for about twenty minutes, while the others continually pass the ticket window purchasing transportation. After his spell in the booking-office, the boy has to make up his books, and strike an accurate balance. Special tuition is also given in account keeping and in handling public enquiries, while later there is instruction in general station accounts and the elementary principles of goods station accounts.