Mail Rail - At The Postal Museum
Mail Rail 2017
Mail Rail operating at The Postal Museum at Mount Pleasant. 







Photo: Mail Rail - The new rolling stock for the visitor experience ride © Light Straw Archive 10th July 2017.
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Overview

Mail Rail trains running on the Post Office's own underground railway once carried thousands of letters, parcels and urgent datapost (packets) between key sorting offices and selected mainline overground stations across London. Royal Mail's evolving postal operations relocated to larger sorting offices and Mail Rail was mothballed by 2003.

With funding from sponsors, support from Royal Mail, and Heritage Lottery funds, Mail Rail re-opened as a visitor experience, attraction and train ride on 28th July 2017.

As a 'Sponsor a Sleeper' participant, the author was fortunate to attend one of the pre-opening events on 10th July 2017.

Mail Rail Gallery 01
Mail Rail Gallery 01
Mail Rail exhibition and ride attraction...
 
(40 photos)


Photo: Mail Rail at The Postal Museum © Light Straw Archive, July 2017.
Mail Rail Gallery 02
Walk the Rails
Walk the Rails: Sponsors' event...
 
(62 photos)


Photo: Mail Rail at The Postal Museum © Light Straw Archive, July 2017.
Mail Rail Gallery 03  
Inside The Postal Museum
Inside The Postal Museum...
 
(23 photos)


Photo: The Postal Museum © Light Straw Archive, July 2017.
The Postal Museum  
The Postal Museum
At the time of visiting in 2017, final decorating and fitting out, of some areas, at The Postal Museum (TPM) was still ongoing...





Photo: The Postal Museum © Light Straw Archive, July 2017.

Preparing for Mail Rail
#MailRail 1st December 2016:

The new carriages for the Mail Rail visitor attraction are delivered and lowered by crane, then unwrapped and pushed out onto the running tracks in preparation for service!
 
Links

The Postal Museum (official site)
The Postal Museum  
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