The end of the Postal train
After a loyal service of over 75 years, the English postal services, Royal Mail, have decided to abolish their 'Mail Metro', Mail Rail.
For over three quarter of a century, mail got transporterd underground from the sorting-centre of Paddington (in West London) to the district office Eastern in East London, which lies 37 km further on. The underground line stopped at Western Station (packages, district office), Western Central (district office) and Mount Pleasant (sorting-centre); it stopped at the King Edward building and Liverpool Street Station. There were never any accidents or delays, but eventually it proved to be too expensive. Nowadays, mail goes underground, transported in common lorries, which is four times cheaper.
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Maandblad Filatelie
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