# Ticket to Ride - origin?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-to-ride-origin/165947>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-to-ride-origin/165947 "2003-04-02T13:21:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-to-ride-origin/165947/1 "2003-04-02T13:21:54Z")

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I have often heard this expression used.  
In advertisements, it might say “Call this number for your ticket to ride” or on a game show “This is your ticket to ride”.  
I was wondering if this has an origin.  
Is it a line from a film?

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**Author:** ![ChalkPit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ChalkPit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChalkPit)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-to-ride-origin/165947/2 "2003-04-02T13:24:23Z")

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Well, it’s a famous Beatles song for starters.