London got a new Postal Museum this week, and next month visitors will also be able to ride an almost unknown subway that used to carry the mail (and no passengers) among the city’s busiest post offices.
The museum, in London’s Farringdon section, is above a section of the 6½-mile ‘secret subway’ known to few outside the postal service. Built in the 1920s to connect the six main sorting offices to each other and to mainline rail stations, it’s been out of service since 2003.
Some of the cars have been adapted for the ride, but are still cramped because the system was built for mailsacks rather than people. When the rides start in September, there will be stops at points for video montages of postal and Mail Rail history.
To mark the occasion, The Telegraph (UK) has collected a list of 10 not-so-well-known underground attractions in the London area, with photos. To see the list and pictures, click HERE.
