Type of postal service infrastructure
Mobile post offices deliver mail and other postal services through specially equipped
vehicles
, such as trucks and trains.
Mobile post offices around the world
Canada
CP Rail used mailcars to haul mail across Canada. With the switch to mail delivery by air or truck,
Canada Post no longer delivers mail by rail.
Via Rail provides courier/mail service, VIAPAQ Courier, at select train stations in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
France
The French postal service, La Poste, carries mail on exclusively mail trains, operating at night, called SNCF TGV La Poste.
Hong Kong