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Peter Johnson · April 22nd 11, 03:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:48:55 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:59:19 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:35:28 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
condition but if Royal Mail had an ounce of sense they'd arrange a
series of visits - maybe at just one location - and then charge a decent

If the royal mail had any sense they wouldn't have closed it in the first
place.

I am sure we could debate the rights and wrongs of how the Royal Mail
are managed for a very long time. I don't know enough about the reasons
for closure of Mail Rail to understand whether it was a good or bad
decision.

It had ceased to serve any useful (or sufficiently useful) purpose
since the TPOs were diverted to Willesden - there was no longer any
requirement to pass mail between the main line terminals. Connecting
it to Willesden would probably be worhwhile, a scheme was sketched
out, except that the investment woould not be recouped within 20 years
so it failed Royal Mail's criteria for investment.