Mail train explained
Many countries have had dedicated railway services for the delivery of postal mail.
Examples include:
- In Australia, the Travelling post office, Queensland
- In Austria, the (1850–2004)
- In France, the French: [[SNCF TGV La Poste]] (1984–2015) were rail cars built specifically for French: La Poste, which had run rail services since 1846
- In Germany, as well as the (from 1840s), several cities have their own mail trains, including:
- In Switzerland, the has run since 1847
- In the United Kingdom, the Travelling Post Office (1830–2004) was a service where post was sorted en route
- In the United States, the Railway Mail Service (1862–1978) of the United States Postal Service carried the vast majority of mail from the 1890s until the 1960s