Postbus map England and Wales 1991-1992

A map showing the locations of the Royal Mail Post Bus services operated in England and Wales taken from the 1991-1992 timetable book. The Post Office Corporation once operated quite a number of Post Bus services mainly in rural areas where traditional bus services were lacking. They were not intended to compete with the regular bus services, their primary objective was the carriage of mail – passengers were somewhat secondary. Scotland had the largest number of services and the timetable booklet for 1991-1992 contained 72 pages of timetables whereas the booklet covering England and Wales together only contained 38 pages.