New delivery system for Huddersfield postal staff

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IT’S a traditional image – the postman striding down the street with a sack of letters on his back.


But it’s on the way out in Huddersfield.

Royal Mail bosses plan to bring in a new delivery system – with more use of vans and also wheeled trolleys.

They want to spare the postmen and women from having to carry an increased number of packages and parcels.

And they have conceded that the number of letters now being sent has dropped considerably.

A spokesman said: “Unfortunately, fewer letters are now posted every day and Royal Mail needs to organise its delivery routes to be as efficient as possible.

“We also deliver more larger items because of the huge growth in online shopping and so we are investing in new equipment to carry these items to customers even more securely.

“The new equipment also reduces the risk of injury to our postmen and women from carrying heavier mail bags”.

Talks are now under way with postal unions and with customers about the new delivery systems, with vans taking two postmen out to certain areas and transporting trolleys loaded with letters and parcels. No job losses are envisaged.

It will mean that some people will get their mail delivered later in the day.


The spokesman said: “Our postmen and women play a vital role in Huddersfield, as well as across the rest of the UK, where we deliver to almost 29 million addresses, six days a week.

“However, we need to modernise the way we operate. We are therefore making changes in Huddersfield to maintain our services and to keep our prices as low as possible.

“Royal Mail will continue to deliver in the morning and for a longer period during the day. Many customers will continue to get their mail by lunchtime but the time customers receive mail will depend on where they live on the new delivery route. This may be later or possibly earlier than current delivery times.”


Royal Mail’s collection and delivery sector manager, Steve McGuiness, said: “We are proud of the high regard in which our postmen and women are held in Huddersfield.

“The changes to delivery routes will mean that a member of our local and experienced team will still be delivering to our customers in Huddersfield.

“The local delivery team and I are fully committed to providing a high quality of service that is as reliable and friendly as customers have come to expect from Royal Mail in Huddersfield over many years.”

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Coming your way, is it?

Good luck, TBT.

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