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[[File:{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BR 80300 Post Office Sorting Van.jpg|300px|thumb|right|caption = BR 80300 Post Office Sorting Van|construc = BR Wolverton|status = Static display|carno = 80300|othernos = W80300|designed = |diagram = 720|lot = 30486|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type POS|POS]]|seats = None|built = 1959|years1 = 1997|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}80300 was the first of 96 Post Office sorting vans built between 1959 and 1977 for use in travelling post offices.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Sorting_Van</ref><br>

==80300 in service and preservation==80300 was the first of 96 prototype BR Mark 1 Post Office sorting vans Sorting carriage.<ref Name=SVR>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> It was built between by BR at Wolverton in 1959 and 1977 for use in travelling post officesas lot 30486 to diagram 720.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Sorting_VanRailway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It arrived on the SVR in March 1997 from Barton Hill near Bristol, already restored in late 1960s maroon livery, having been donated to the railway by EWS Railways.<brref Name=SVR/>  Before the opening of the Engine House in 2008, 80300 was used as the visitor centre at Highley. {{As of|2017}}, it is on long term display at [[The Engine House]] with the interior accessible to the public. Before the opening of the Engine House, 80300 was used as the visitor centre at Highley.

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*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2429 80300 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkLoDg7e_ns "Night Mail" on YouTube, a 1936 documentary showing practices that changed little over the following 40 years.]