London Mail Rail Train, Postal Museum

London Mail Rail train on display at the Postal Museum in London.
London Mail Rail train on display at the Postal Museum in London.

A preserved Mail Rail train is displayed at the Postal Museum in London. The driverless electric railway, known as the Post Office Railway, opened in 1927 and once carried mail through tunnels beneath central London.

Photo taken in May 2019.

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