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It runs east-west from Paddington Head District Sorting Office in the west to the Eastern Head District Sorting Office at Whitechapel in the east, a distance of six and a half miles (10.5 km). It has eight stations, but by 2003 only three of these were still in use, as the sorting offices above the others had been relocated.

A memo leaked in April 2003 revealed that the system would be closed and "mothballed" at the end of May. Royal Mail had earlier said that it was five times more expensive than using road transport would be. The Communication Workers Union claimed the figure was closer to three times, and even this was due to a deliberate policy of running the system down and using it at one-third of its capacity. Despite a report by the Greater London AuthorityThe Greater London Authority GLA administers the 1579 sq. miles) of Greater London, covering the 32 London boroughs and the City of London. Entering on its functions on July 3, 2000, the authority consists of an elected Mayor and 25-member Assembly. The p in support of the continued use of Mail Rail, the system was taken out of use in the early hours of May 31May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years). There are 214 days remaining. Events 1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, destined to mine fool's gold at Frobisher Bay, which is used to pave streets in Lo, 2003.

1 External links

• Brief introduction to the London Post Office Railway
• Detailed information on construction and operation.
• Postal Heritage Trust page on Mail Rail.
• Guardian article on proposed mothballing.
• GLA report on the closure in PDFPortable Document Format PDF is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. A PDF file can describ format.
• This is Local London news report on the closure.

2 See also

• Subterranean LondonThe metropolis of London has been occupied for many centuries, and has acquired a number of subterranean landmarks. These include: The Subterranean rivers of London The London Underground London deep-level shelters The London Post Office Railway Kingsway
• List of British heritage and private railwaysList of British heritage and private railways This list is intended as a list of railways (railroads in Britain. For rail museums, see List of British railway museums. More links at foot of page. Many of the standard gauge railways were originally lines c
• Chicago Freight Subway

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