Royal Mail Post Buses at Showbus - 26 Sep 1993

Sunday 26 September 1993 – The Post Office Corporation exhibited three Leyland-DAF Sherpa Royal Mail Post Bus vehicles at Showbus in 1993. In this photograph K346 XDV and K401 MSJ ae seen with L413 DJW on the edge of the photo. The mail bus services of the Corporation carried passengers in rural areas where traditional bus services were lacking and they were intended to compete, their primary objective was the carriage of mail – passengers were somewhat secondary.