The commentary is totally incorrect about this system being unique. See: Chicago_Tunnel_Company the same system that flooded out when they punched a pile thru it and connected it with the Chicago river.
Heh, the bus on the left at 3:01 has an ad with the words 'Kia ora' (which means 'hello' in New Zealand).
Anyway.. from here it sounds silly to have shut down this system. It ought to have been upgraded and expanded. A project like that could have in the short term created jobs in a recession and in the longer term made a dent on the city's carbon footprint. But obviously I don't know the full picture. Still, very cool!
Why do we not value these things in Britain anymore? Everything that Britain invented often gets pinched by other countries - then we abandon them. Disgusting.
It's called privatizing.. A more strictly kept-on religion than marxism.. conducted by the right-wings. Better to reduce mail service transport to the night hours, by car. This magnificent piece of engineering given away to disuse and oblivion. No use to make an appeal.. Destroying capital from railways is a faith to some conservative elements.
@spoorus Some people don't know the meanong of the word "efficiency": "On the 7th November 2002, Royal Mail announced the line had become uneconomical with losses of £1.2M a day". A DAY!
Privatisation is bad... because its much better enforcing the monopoly of a particular service industry and thus driving it into the ground because no competition is allowed (competition is also a bad thing).
TURN THE MUSIC DOWN FFS I CAN'T HEAR YOU
slmtutorials 6 months ago 6
feel the pan flutes!
zomgtehrei 8 months ago
nice to mention chicago. Mail Rail is unique because it was automated, it was used for mail and run for a very long time.
Chicago was man-driven and a totally different system but also unique because the grid shape infrastructure. those two you simply can't compare
johanpesc 9 months ago
The commentary is totally incorrect about this system being unique. See: Chicago_Tunnel_Company the same system that flooded out when they punched a pile thru it and connected it with the Chicago river.
911jbg 9 months ago
Surely that's Lynda Barron (Auntie Mabel) doing the voiceover? I keep expecting her to say "Hello me dears" or lose Pippin on the tracks somewhere!
LemonadeAndLamington 10 months ago
The reason RM stopped using the system is because it wasn't connecting anything . The mail center's have been moved to the outskirts of London
H6BTW 1 year ago
Un secreto más de London, que maravilla de ciudad, que especial, que histórica, que victoriana, que british....
Beatlestrauss 1 year ago
Heh, the bus on the left at 3:01 has an ad with the words 'Kia ora' (which means 'hello' in New Zealand).
Anyway.. from here it sounds silly to have shut down this system. It ought to have been upgraded and expanded. A project like that could have in the short term created jobs in a recession and in the longer term made a dent on the city's carbon footprint. But obviously I don't know the full picture. Still, very cool!
LGD3 1 year ago
I love that, like other posters suggest it's hard to understand why it's not still viable
static1812 1 year ago
Why discontinue this? THIS IS GREEN TECHNOLOGY! IT'S BETTER THAN PUTTING IT IN TRUCKS AND VANS!
suchev1 2 years ago 3
@suchev1 Well it's still there it's just mothballed if they just do it up a bit it would be operational again
shame really.
cvrmaniac 1 year ago
Why do we not value these things in Britain anymore? Everything that Britain invented often gets pinched by other countries - then we abandon them. Disgusting.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
why did they end this service?
TransportEU 2 years ago 5
It's called privatizing.. A more strictly kept-on religion than marxism.. conducted by the right-wings. Better to reduce mail service transport to the night hours, by car. This magnificent piece of engineering given away to disuse and oblivion. No use to make an appeal.. Destroying capital from railways is a faith to some conservative elements.
spoorus 2 years ago 8
@spoorus Some people don't know the meanong of the word "efficiency": "On the 7th November 2002, Royal Mail announced the line had become uneconomical with losses of £1.2M a day". A DAY!
LMB222 10 months ago
@spoorus
Privatisation is bad... because its much better enforcing the monopoly of a particular service industry and thus driving it into the ground because no competition is allowed (competition is also a bad thing).
AV3NG3R00 6 months ago
@TransportEU transporting mail on the road was much cheaper
mrhighspeedtrain 1 year ago
@TransportEU because the maintenance costs soared
LMB222 10 months ago
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BucketSeeker 7 months ago
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SarahMaryFathead 2 years ago
sorry, for the poor sound quality. this video is all there is. so little to adjust
johanpesc 2 years ago
Not really too much of a serious problem as the video is so great ... Thanks again, johanpesc!
Sqaaak 2 years ago
Distortion in sibilants in the VO.
Sqaaak 2 years ago
Great video - audio leaves something to be desired; voiceover gets drowned by sound effects and music. Can the balance be reset?
Sqaaak 2 years ago
What a great video - this must be really rare. THANKS for posting.
I'd so love to see the Mail Rail now, particularly as it's no longer running.
Jerraph 2 years ago
Interesting, but the sound is awful.
badvidsfromgermany 3 years ago
It's amazing the things you never hear about!
Thanks for posting :)
CoulsdonR 4 years ago
V. interesting. Thanks for posting. So to speak.
entropyproductions 4 years ago