On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 08:26:02 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 01:12:50 on Mon, 4 Sep 2017,
" remarked:

This article seems to indicates that Mail Rail was a secret, at least
at one point in the past.

Was this actually the case?

"Secret" means the journalist hadn't heard of it before.

Or they are accusing someone else of hiding something that has long
been public knowledge on the basis that the information has to be
requested.