The Post Office Railway

Mail Rail units were on display at The Postal Museum's store in Debden, while the concept of a permanent Mail Rail exhibition was being developed.

Photo: Mail Rail motive unit and rolling stock © Light Straw Archive May 2014.

| EXIT | Mail Rail | Early Days | 1925 | 1930 | 1980 | Signalling |

Overview

A unique railway, under the streets of London, carrying the mail at speed... Sadly the railway was mothballed in 2003 and no longer speeds the mail, but remnants of it can be discovered at various museums throughout the UK.

Early Days
	An example of the pneumatic tube carriage which would have operated between Euston Station and the North-Western District Office circa 1862. Photo: A pneumatic tube carriage at the BPMA Debden Store © Light Straw Archive, May 2014.
1925 Stock
	An example of the 4-wheel stock which was built in 1925 by English Electric. Photo: Mail Rail at the BPMA Debden Store © Light Straw Archive, May 2014.
1930s Stock
	An example of the 1930s stock (also English Electric) with a drive unit each end and a 4-wheel trolly in the middle. Photo: Mail Rail at the BPMA Debden Store © Light Straw Archive, September 2012.
1980s Stock
	An example of the 1980s stock (Greenbat/Hunslet Holdings) with a drive unit each end and a 4-wheel trolly in the middle. Photo: Mail Rail at the BPMA Debden Store © Light Straw Archive, May 2014.
Signalling
	One of the manual control boards. Photo: Mail Rail at the BPMA Debden Store © Light Straw Archive, May 2014.

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