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the subsidies available do not make them financially viable.
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Post buses are not unique to the UK and are also found in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
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Indeed - I first encountered Postbuses in those regions in the 1950s. Often they were full-sized buses (that also carried the mail). Big bonneted MANs, KHDs, Steyrs
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1068/...g?v=1202628905
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/4...473eb6.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/72...g?v=1175268910
http://www.postbus.at/en/Regions/Upp...tria/index.jsp
http://europeforvisitors.com/switzau...stal_buses.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postbus