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Royal Mail’s switch to road a body blow for rail freight sector

DB cargo operated Royal Mail class 325 postal trains passing the countryside at Brock on the west coast mainline in Lancashire. ALAMY

To some, Royal Mail’s decision to move its postal deliveries from rail to road, and in turn decommission its remaining fleet of trains (which currently stands at a fleet of six Class 325 electrics), was a long time coming.

In some ways, those people would be correct - Royal Mail has for decades been moving slowly away from mail by rail.




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