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Royal Mail to halt its freight trains after almost 200 years

Past times: Royal Mail train loading at St Pancras in 1986

Picture: Royal Mail/The Postal Museum

Royal Mail has announced plans to decommission all its remaining freight trains by October this year, as it switches more post to the roads with organisations concerned that the move will increase congestion and pollution on the UK’s already busy network.

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