Post boxes at UK railway stations

Last update 9 November 2024

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To qualify for this list, the post box must be on the station platform or in a concourse area (i.e. they would become inaccessible to the public if the station were locked shut). Many stations (e.g. Newark Northgate) have post boxes mounted in or near exterior walls publicly accessible from the street; these do not count here. This list is believed to be current at 2019 with subsequent alterations where known. Links to photographic evidence are provided where possible. Sometimes the distinction between platform and concourse can be blurred; the editor has applied a subjective decision in these cases.

Some stations, e.g. Rugby, have more than one post box on site. It appears that Bath Spa is the only multi-platform station to have a post box on every platform.

Royal Mail's Railnet terminals are shown here.

GB post boxes

Station Where Notes
Aberdeen concourse
Alresford Mid Hants Railway platform unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
Alton platform 2
Audley End platform 1 disused
Axminster platform 1
Banbury concourse
Bangor platform 1
Bath Spa platform 1 platform 2
Birmingham International concourse
Birmingham New Street concourse removed in 2013 rebuild
Bishops Lydeard West Somerset Railway platform 2 still a 'live' box even though heritage site
Blunsdon Swindon & Cricklade Railway platform approach walkway never serviced by Royal Mail; displayed within wider station site
Bodmin General Bodmin & Wenford Railway platform unclear whether ever serviced by Royal Mail
Bodmin Parkway platform 1
Bo'ness Bo'ness & Kinniel Railway platform probably never serviced by Royal Mail
Bradford Interchange concourse station is combined with bus station
Bridlington portico
Brighton portico
Bristol Temple Meads concourse
Brookwood platform 1 disused
Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway platform 2 believed never serviced by Royal Mail; combined post and phone box
Cambridge platform 1/4 disused; was in use in 2019
Cardiff Central concourse
Carlisle platform 3 platform 4
Carmarthen platform 1
Cheltenham Spa concourse removed 2012
Chester platform 3
County School Mid Norfolk Railway platform
Cranmore East Somerset Railway platform believed never serviced by Royal Mail; combined post and phone box
Crewe concourse
Darlington platform 4
Dereham Mid Norfolk Railway platform pastiche fascia only
Didcot Parkway concourse
Diss platform 2
Dover Priory platform 1
Downham Market platform 1 disused
Dumfries platform 2
Durham platform 1
Edinburgh Waverley concourse
Ely platform 1
Farnham platform 1 disused by 2018; was in use in 2011
Frant platform 2
Fishguard Harbour platform 1
Glasgow Central concourse
Glenfinnan platform 1
Glossop concourse
Grantham platform 1
Gravesend platform 1
Great Malvern platform 1 disused
Guildford platform 2 concourse box on platform disused
Harmans Cross Swanage Railway platform 2 never serviced by Royal Mail
Harrogate platform 1
Harwich International platform 1
Harwich Town platform
Hassocks porch removed in 1970s rebuild
Hexham platform 2
Holyhead concourse
Horsted Keynes Bluebell Railway concourse still a 'live' box even though heritage site
Howden portico former station building; post box in use 2018, now disused?
Hull concourse
Huntingdon platform 2
Inverness concourse
Kemble concourse
Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway platform near exit platform elsewhere on station neither is serviced by Royal Mail
Kingswear Paignton & Dartmouth Railway platform disused
Kingussie platform 1
Lakenheath platform 1
Leamington Spa platform 2
Leatherhead platform 1
Leeds north concourse east concourse 'east concourse' may be original position for 'north concourse' box; only 'north' in situ in 2023
Leicester platform 1/2
Lincoln platform 3
Llandovery platform 1
Llandrindod Wells platform 1
Llanelli platform 2
Llanuwchllyn Bala Lake Railway platform 1 unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
London Euston concourse; 2008 position concourse; 2010 position concourse; 2023 position
London Liverpool Street concourse by footbridge concourse by taxi road concourse by dividing wall all removed by 1990
London Marylebone concourse
London Paddington concourse removed by September 2022
London St Pancras concourse
London Waterloo concourse; 2019 position concourse; 2024 position
London Waterloo International concourse believed removed by 2013
Loughborough platform 1
Lowdham platform 2 disused
Lowestoft concourse
Malton platform
Manchester Victoria concourse
March platform 1
Medstead & Four Marks Mid Hants Railway platform unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
Middlesbrough concourse
Morpeth platform 1
Newcastle concourse disused
Newton Abbot platform 3
Norwich concourse
Oxford concourse
Pangbourne platform 2
Pantyfynnon platform disused
Penrith platform 1
Pitlochry platform 1
Rannoch platform 1
Reading concourse
Retford platform 1
Riding Mill platform 2
Robertsbridge portico clearer photo
Ropley Mid Hants Railway platform 1 unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
Rugby platform 2 platform 4 stamp vending machine (now disused) nearby on platform 2
Selby platform 1
Sheffield Park Bluebell Railway concourse still a 'live' box even though heritage site
Sheringham North Norfolk Railway platform unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
Skipton platform 2
Stamford platform 1
Stirling platform 2
Stockport platform 1/2 platform 3/4
Stoke-On-Trent platform 1
Stonegate portico
Stourbridge Junction platform 1/2
Summit Snowdon Mountain Railway concourse
Taplow platform 4
Taunton platform 2
Tenby platform 2
Tonbridge platform 2 platform 3
Totnes Littlehempston South Devon Railway platform believed never serviced by Royal Mail
Truro platform 2
Tunbridge Wells platform 1
Tynemouth Tyne & Wear Metro concourse
Wansford Nene Valley Railway platform only used for special 'Thomas' letters
Wellingborough platform 1
Westbury platform 1
Weston-super-Mare platform 2
Whipsnade Central Great Whipsnade Railway platform never serviced by Royal Mail; installed after 1991 but before 2011
Winchcombe Gloucestershire/Warwickshire Railway platform unclear if ever serviced by Royal Mail
Windsor & Eton Central concourse
Woody Bay Lynton & Barnstaple Railway platform never serviced by Royal Mail
Wrexham General platform 1 disused
Yatton platform 2
York portico

Non-GB examples

Station Where Notes
Amsterdam Centraal Netherlands concourse
Ath Belgium concourse
Athy Ireland platform
Baldrine Isle of Mann platform
Ballymoney Northern Ireland platform
Belgrave Australia platform
Claremorris Ireland platform
Cork Kent Ireland concourse
Ennis Ireland platform
Frankfurt am Main Germany concourse
Grand Central America concourse?
Groudle Isle of Mann platform
Kildare Ireland platform
Laxey Isle of Mann platform
Mallow Ireland porch
Millstreet Ireland platform?
Moira Northern Ireland platform
Portarlington Ireland platform
Portrush Northern Ireland platform? Believed removed
Shinagawa Japan concourse
Sligo Ireland platform
Thurles Ireland platform