One of the great traditions of the British railway scene-the sorting of mail on the move-will be no more after January 10.Travelling post Offices (TPOs) have been running for 166 of the 200 years since the advent of Trevithick's penydarren engine, yet they will die just as the nation begins to celebate the Bicentenary of Railways. It is one of the haveiest ironies for many a long year and the only glimmer of light is that a fleet of EMU van trains may continue conveying bagged and bulk mail. These,however, will mainly run in baytime slots, bringing an end to the famous 'Night Mail' immortalised in the worde of W.H Auden's poem(see panel on next page).
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