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At Chester there was a fenced off dedicated pathway from the new sorting office to the station and this can still be seen today. I believe that initial thoughts were for a bridge over Brook Street Bridge to the station, similar to those that existed at Shrewsbury and Bristol Temple Meads.
 
[[File:FDCIrishMail.jpg|400px|thumb|right|This First Day cover was produced to commemorate 125th anniversary on 01-08- August 1973 and shows a train leaving Holyhead.]]
 
The last train to be called the Irish Mail complete with a headboard ran on 12-05- Maay 1988 between Euston and Holyhead. Some Irish mail was still carried by rail until 1994 when it was all transported by road or air. Although the train service continued to operate, the name was dropped completely in June 2002 as part of a policy by Virgin Trains not to operate named trains.
 
===Accidents===