Talk: Mail Rail: An Underground Postal Journey

Tuesday 2 December 2008

Curator Chris Taft takes a journey through the fascinating history of the Post Office Underground Railway (Mail Rail), using the holdings of the BPMA.

Construction of the railway began in 1914, and the network eventually opened in 1927, extending across London from Paddington to Whitechapel. The electric trains were controlled by operators at the stations and enabled the Post Office to bypass the conjested streets of the capital for three quarters of a century. 

Event details	Talk - Mail Rail: An Underground Postal Journey
Event type	Talk
Location	The Royal Mail Archive
Date	Tuesday 2 December
Time	7.00pm
Price	Free
Pre-booking required?	Booking required.  Please call 020 7239 2570 or email info@postalheritage.org.uk to book
Suitable for?	Anyone with an interest in postal and transport history, or the history of London.
Related events	Film Screening: Mail Rail (1987)

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