Date: 08/06/2017

The Post Office's abandoned underground railway in London will open as a tourist attraction next month, it has been announced. Visitors to the Postal Museum can ride on a section of the 6.5 mile (10.5km) network, from 28 July. The track, which was established in 1927, took mail between Whitechapel and Paddington before it shut in 2003. Two new trains, based on the originals, will carry up to 32 passengers on a 0.6 mile (1km) section of the line.

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'Secret' Mail Rail's underground to open

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Postal Museum visitors will be able to travel on a section of abandoned railway beneath London.

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Former Post Office Underground Railway unit 809, on display at the National Railway Museum, York, in November 2014. The 2ft gauge system, built to move mail between sorting offices across London, operated between 1927 and 2003. The six and a half mile route between Paddington and Whitechapel originally served 8 stations, including the 23 acre Mount Pleasant Mail Centre on Farringdon Road.
Location: National Railway Museum York
Company: National Railway Museum
11/11/2014 Colin Miller