Mail bag conveyors at stations

[Western 52]

In the days when mail bags were still handled at railway stations, some stations had mail bag conveyors, linking together platforms and sometimes also an adjacent MLO – Mechanised Letter Office. I remember these in use at Newport and Bristol Temple Meads, which both had adjacent sorting offices. Essentially, these were a continuous chain which was always on the move. Mail bags were hooked on and off as required. Many sorting offices also had these conveyors internally.

Some stations retained these conveyors, disused, for some time after their intended use had ended.

Which stations had these conveyors, and where were the last ones in use? When were they first used? Did they see use at the large London sorting offices linked to the Post Office Railway at all?

 

[alistairlees]

I think there was one at Redhill, disused for many years but only recently removed. Unless it was something else.

 

[RichJF]

East Croydon used to have one (with passenger underpasses) until the 'Bridge to Nowhere' went up in 2012 on the same location.

 

[pieguyrob]

Preston had one. It was taken out of use and demolished in the early 90's. Manchester Piccadilly had one as well.

 

[delt1c]

Edinburgh Waverley had one it was a long one liking the former South Bays to the adjacent mail centre. I can still remember the distinctive clicking noise from above

 

[d9009alycidon]

Manchester Victoria had a strange contraption called a telpher https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/12/07/manchester-victorias-telpher/

 

[The exile]

Edinburgh Waverley had one it was a long one liking the former South Bays to the adjacent mail centre. I can still remember the distinctive clicking noise from above

Used to keep this (then) small child amused for hours…!

 

[delt1c]

Used to keep this (then) small child amused for hours…!

Click, click, click,click

 

[ChiefPlanner]

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