Vehicle    From 3/12/1927  To 31/5/2003

Post Office Railway

Categories: Transport

The Post Office Railway carried post from Paddington Head Sorting office to Eastern Head Sorting Office in Whitechapel, a distance of 6½ miles (10.5km), with eight stations. Closed because it had become more expensive than transport by road. Refurbished and re-opened as a tourist attraction in 2017 - you can ride it!

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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