Email coach

The email coach was a horse-drawn car, drawn by four horses, intended for the transport of the Courrier in Great Britain. It is the equivalent of the French Malle-poste. The word “email” , which indicates today in English the mail in general, comes besides from French “trunk”, trunk of voyage and, in fact, trunk intended for the mail.

It appears in 1784. It is a closed car, being able to accommodate four passengers. Another passenger can sit down beside the coachman. A bulky trunk for the mail is placed at the rear. It is surmounted by a seat intended for a postal worker who ensures the guard of it. Like all the cars of station, the priority is given to the mail, i.e. at the speed, rather than with the comfort of the travellers. The transport of the passengers is then ensured by the training course coaches , equivalent of the continental Diligence S. The use of the email coach decreases gradually in the years 1840 to 1850, supplanted by the Railroad.

The speed of the email coach could vary between 8 and 13 kilometers per hour, according to the season and of the state of the roads. The guard postal carried one delivered scarlet and gold. It was generally armed to be guarded against the frequent attacks of the criminals. It had a horn with which it informed the relays of station of its arrival, stops having to be shortest possible (often the bundles of mail were thrown in the passing, without the car not stopping). The horn remained the symbol of the postal services in many countries.

See too

Sources

  • Joseph Jobé, At the time of the coachmen , Lausanne, Published-Lazarus, 1976. ISBN 2-88001-019-5

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