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« on: September 21, 2024, 08:54:11 »
......ran last night...

https://www.railfreight.com/business/2024/09/20/last-post-no-fanfare-for-great-britains-final-mail-train/?gdpr=accept
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2024, 10:43:25 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on September 21, 2024, 08:54:11
......ran last night...

https://www.railfreight.com/business/2024/09/20/last-post-no-fanfare-for-great-britains-final-mail-train/?gdpr=accept

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Bringing an era to an end. Great Britain’s last train serving the Royal Mail is scheduled for today, Friday, 20 September. The National Postal Service is divesting itself of its dedicated fleet of bright red trains. The sidelining of in-house rail operations (in favour of a network of road and air transport) brings to an end a service that has endured for almost two centuries.

The purpose-built electric multiple units, which have been carrying letters and parcels for the Royal Mail since 1995, reach the end of the line today. The UK▸ (United Kingdom) portal service is running its rail service into the buffers. The Royal Mail has put up for sale the fleet of fifteen four-car class 325 EMUs▸ (Electric Multiple Unit). The organisation is pulling out of its railway operations just as the private sector is gearing up for rail-delivered express logistics.
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