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Category: Post Office Railway

Friday Reads – October 20, 2017

On 20 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Post Office Railway, Sleeper Trains, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. • Post Office Mail Rail stations, above ground (Londonist) • …

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The Friday Reading List: 3 February 2017

On 3 February 2017 By John Bull In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Post Office Railway

As anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …

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London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway: The World’s 2nd Oldest Underground

On 12 April 2015 By Long Branch Mike In History, Long reads, Pneumatic railways, Post Office Railway

In the white heat of the Victorian age a number of motive powers seemed set to vie for the future. Steam power? Cable? Both were relatively new technologies whose potential seemed endless. Briefly in the …

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In Pictures: Moving the Mail Rail

On 14 October 2011 By John Bull In History, Post Office Railway

Whilst we tend to concentrate on the movement of people and freight, there are other uses to which rail has been put in London – notably the movement of mail. Earlier this year the British …

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