travelling post office
travelling post office noun: a type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.
Noun
travelling post office (plural travelling post offices)
- A type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.
- One of the important railway facilities which disappeared on the outbreak of war was the travelling post office. […] T.P.Os. have now been resumed, with the reinstatement on October 1 of those between Euston and Aberdeen, and between Paddington and Penzanze.1945 November and December, “Return of the T.P.O.”, in Railway Magazine, pages 311–312
- From its pre-Second World War boom of 130 Travelling Post Offices (TPOs) that sorted mail on the move, Royal Mail has slowly (but progressively) shifted its mail operations to other modes of transport.2024 July 24, Richard Wilcock, “Royal Mail's switch to road a body blow for rail freight sector”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 26
Synonyms of travelling post office
Forms of travelling post office
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Questions about travelling post office
- What does travelling post office mean?
- Travelling post office means a type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.
- What part of speech is travelling post office?
- Travelling post office is a noun.
- What is the plural of travelling post office?
- The plural of travelling post office is travelling post offices.
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