Mail cars could be painted to match the railroad's color scheme, as long as the car was properly identified. "United States Mail/Railway Post Office" was always painted in two lines of block letters ...

Royal Mail will stop using trains to transport post in a move that brings nearly two centuries of mail rail to an end. The postal service will inform staff today that it is planning to sell off its ...

A comparative spatial history using GIS, this article examines the similar and differing effects of railway expansion on the growth of postal communications in Great Britain and France from 1830 to ...

LONDON — In 1913, the British Post Office realized that London’s congested traffic was slowing down mail delivery and something needed to be done about it. (They are turning in their graves if ...

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has slashed government spending and dismantled entire federal agencies and programs, with billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government ...

Rail travel across the European Union reached a record high in 2024, though rail freight transport saw a slight decrease, according to Eurostat. Specifically, a total of 443 billion ...

The London Underground is famous - but this traveller took a peek into the city's lesser-known and largely forgotten underground rail network. The underground rail tunnels shuttled letters and parcels ...

LONDON — In 1913, the British Post Office realized that London’s congested traffic was slowing down mail delivery and something needed to be done about it. That year, Parliament approved building the ...