Mail Rail opens to the public
The eagerly awaited Mail Rail exhibition at London’s new Post Office Museum opened to the public today. The permanent facility includes rides on the Royal Mail’s legendary underground mail transportation system which closed in 2003 but had been kept mothballed ever since. Known as the Post Office Railway, the 2ft narrow guage system opened in 1927 running driverless trains between Paddington and Farringdon stations. In addition to the rides, the exhibition includes displays featuring old plant, maintenance and rolling stock plus the experience of Post Office staff who worked on the system throughout the 20th Century.
— 4 September 2017
