Film Screening: Mail Rail (1987)
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Tuesday 2 December 2008
This 1987 film shows the unique Post Office Underground Railway (Mail Rail) transporting the mail across the capital, some 70 feet below London's busy streets.
Mail Rail opened in 1927 and was in use for over seventy-five years. The automatically operated trains carried one third of London's letters and parcels, and the system operated for nineteen hours a day. Mail Rail as a service was 'mothballed' in 2003, but the Mount Pleasant station still exists 70 feet below the lecture venue!
Running time: 10 minutes
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Event details |
Film Screening - Mail Rail (1987) |
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Location |
The Royal Mail Archive |
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Date |
Tuesday 2 December |
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Time |
6.45pm |
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Price |
Free |
| Pre-booking required? |
Booking required. Please call 020 7239 2570 or email info@postalheritage.org.uk to book |
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Suitable for? |
Anyone with an interest in postal and transport history, or London. |
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Related events |
Talk: Mail Rail: An Underground Postal Journey |