Science & Engineering

The museums, the machines and the men and women who worked it out: laboratories kept as they were, beam engines under steam, the tunnel, the barrier, the roofs, and the plaques on the houses where the ideas came.

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Postal Museum

Five centuries of post, and a ride through the Post Office's own underground railway.

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One of the old trains. The ride uses newer battery ones.

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Mail Rail ran driverless trains under London from 1927 to 2003; you now ride a narrow train through a loop of the original tunnels. The museum across the road covers the rest. The ride is the reason to book.

Where
15-20 Phoenix Place, WC1X 0DA
Nearest station
Russell Square · 9 min walk

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Hours

MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 17:00
Sunday10:00 – 17:00

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