HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › travelling post office
Back to search

travelling post office

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 all C1 English words →

See also

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

Learn this word in context

See travelling post office used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free