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Royal Mail to stop using its own freight trains after almost 200 years
Royal Mail is to stop using its own trains to transport post after almost 200 years. The company has confirmed it will decommission its remaining freight trains by 10 October, with a plan to increase the amount of post it moves by road. The move comes as …