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Meaning of travelling post office | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A type of railway coach designed for the carriage and sorting of mail en route.

UK

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

travelling salesman travelling salesman problem travelling wave travelling wave tube travelling-salesman problem travelling-wave tube