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Railway Gazetteer Photos
Downpatrick
County Down
Latitude
54.325697
Longitude
-5.7222649
Date taken:
27/06/1998
The Travelling Post Office concept did exist in Ireland but not to the extent that it did in the UK. The idea was that mail was not just transferred by
train but actually sorted on board whilst travelling. There was a surcharge of 1p to post your letter in the postbox on the TPO carriage.
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