Mail Rail from Beginning to End: A Brief History of the Post Office’s Underground Railway - Softcover

Sullivan, Mike

 
9781912969005: Mail Rail from Beginning to End: A Brief History of the Post Office’s Underground Railway
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1912969009 ISBN 13: 9781912969005
Verlag: Redshank Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The Post Office Railway, when it started running in 1927, was the first fully automated driverless railway in the world, a full forty years before the Victoria Line started service in London in 1967. The railway below London became the main means of moving mail, with Mount Pleasant being the hub of the distribution system. Linking with London’s main line stations, most of the country’s long-distance mail travelled via the Post Office Railway. The fascinating story of how it began, how it was built, and why it closed is told here in an accessible way that tries to cover a highly technical and innovative system in a way that is easy to understand.

The railway closed in 2003, but that was not the end of the story. The Postal Museum took over part of the Mount Pleasant sorting office to tell the story of 500 years of postal history and to open Mail Rail again with specially built trains as a visitor attraction and the start of a whole new adventure. If you are a railway enthusiast, postal enthusiast, urban explorer, or just interested in finding out more about one of London’s best-kept secrets, this book is a must read for you.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mike Sullivan started his working life as a ‘youth in training’ on the Post Office Railway in 1962. He obtained a City and Guilds full Technician’s certificate with endorsements, a Higher National certificate with endorsements, and a degree from the Open University. Having retired he returned to the railway when it opened as part of the Postal Museum in 2017, he now works on a part-time basis as a Driver/Operator.

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Verlag
Redshank Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1912969009
ISBN 13 
9781912969005
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
69
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