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{{Game Manual}}
(This is historical picture kept here just for a reference)
[[File:Post_Office.png|500px]]
Both the Post Office look and its processes have been updated during the large city update in June 2021
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Post Offices on the map will trade Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] between themselves, or rather between the stations having a Post Office in their catchment zones. Delivery of the mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] will earn Money Tokens [[File:token money.png|16px]]. Moreover, mail delivery contributes to the town growth.
Post Offices only appear in [[Ages#EraII|'''Era II''']], the Steam Era. During the transition between [[Ages#EraI|Era I]] and [[Ages#EraII|Era II]], Post Offices will appear in each towns across the map. Post Office has fixed reserved size of 2x1 squares even if at level 1 the actual building is only 1x1.
Mail delivery follows the same rules as passenger delivery, depending on the '''Passenger Destination''' parameter in [[Game Settings#Advanced|'''Game Settings''']]. The transfer between different trucks and trains happens automatically similarly to transfer of the passengers. '''Do not use Full load / Unload commands for mail.'''
==Processes==
Once a post office is within the catchment area of a station, two processes will begin. The first process takes Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] that has been delivered to the station, brings it to the post office and converts it into Money Tokens [[File:token money.png|16px]] at a rate of 1 piece of Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] for 3 Money Tokens [[File:token money.png|16px]] per 80 squares of distance traveled.
The second process produces 1-4 pieces of Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] per 2 [[Game tick|'''game ticks''']]. The Mail is then sent to the nearby station, ready for collection by a train pulling [[Wagons#Mail|'''Mail Wagons''']] or by [[Road_vehicles#Mail_Vehicles|'''Mail carrying trucks''']].
The number of Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px]] produced depends on the level of the Post office. Post office has 3 levels changing automatically as your city grows. Moreover, at level 3 there is an extra electrification bonus [[File:e_energy.png|16px|link=Electrification#Electrical_network_around_the_cities]] if you connect the Post Office to your electrical network [[File:e_energy.png|16px|link=Electrification#Electrical_network_around_the_cities]].
==Post Office Levels==
You can see the progress towards next level in the Post Office Info Window
{| class="wikitable"
! Level
! Image
! Production Status / Progress to the next level
! # Mails Produced
! City Size
|-
| 1
| [[File:Post_1.png|200px]]
| [[File:Post_1a.png|300px]]
| 1 Mail [[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]]
| 1-9
|-
| 2
| [[File:Post_2.png|200px]]
| [[File:Post_2a.png|300px]]
| 2 Mails [[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]]
| 10-29
|-
| 3
| [[File:Post_3.png|200px]]
| [[File:Post_3a.png|300px]]
| 3 Mails [[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]]
| 30+
|-
| 3 + [[File:e_energy.png|16px|link=Electrification#Electrical_network_around_the_cities]]
| [[File:Post_3ele.png|200px]]
| [[File:Post_3b.png|300px]]
| 4 Mails [[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]][[File:icon mail.png|16px|link=Materials#Commercial_Materials]]
| 30+
|}
==Extensions==
There are currently no extensions available for the Post Office.