Trains and post offices: Rail mail: UK Only Article: UK article only Issue: The battle for Egypt Fly Title: Trains and post offices Rubric: The next chapter in the relationship between post and rail Main image: Bearing gifts—and picking up packages Bearing gifts—and picking up packages IN THE 1936 film “Night Mail” a train carrying bags stuffed full of letters cuts through the Scottish countryside in the early hours of the morning. It is a glimpse of a forgotten age, before bank statements were read online and when trains were powered by steam. But a new scheme could help revive the seemingly antiquated relationship between railway stations and the postal service. The link between Britain’s mail and rail used to be close. At its strongest in the early 1980s around 200,000 mailbags were carried each day by British Rail, the nationalised operator, says Julian Stray, a curator at the British Postal Museum and Archive. This accounted for two-thirds of all letters handled. It was estimated that three-quarters of all letters were ... dlvr.it/3pdMTw ECONOMIST
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