What:The U.S. Postal Service will recently kicked off the holiday shipping season in San Diego by opening its Holiday Train Drive-Through Lane at its Main Post Office at 11251 Rancho Carmel Drive.

The Holiday Train Drive-Through Lane is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays from now through Dec. 23.

The convenient and colorful train lane, located in the Post Office’s Drive Up Lane, allows customers who are shipping domestic Priority Mail packages and paying with debit or credit cards, and those dropping off packages with prepaid postage or buying holiday stamps, to conduct their transactions without having to leave their cars. Packages must be boxed, sealed and addressed prior to entering the train lane.

Media are invited to see the USPS employees serving customers from the train and to interview the supervisor overseeing this special service, from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7. A separate USPS holiday spokesperson will also be available at that time to answer general questions about suggested mailing dates and other holiday-related shipping topics.

 

Who:

Li Churchill, USPS Customer Services Supervisor
Sarah Oney, USPS Holiday Spokesperson

When:

Noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022

Where:

San Diego Main Post Office
11251 Rancho Carmel Drive
San Diego CA 92199

Background:

“Our Holiday Train Drive-Through Lane has become an annual tradition for us and for our customers,” said USPS Customer Services Supervisor Li Churchill. “It’s a great way for customers to reduce their holiday stress. They can get their shipping done without having to park their cars or walk into the busy retail lobby. And it never fails to put a smile on their faces!

“This train lane is just one of the many ways that we’ve ramped up our operations so that we can deliver a happy holiday to our customers.”

USPS has added new state-of-the-art package processing machines, hired 28,000 seasonal employees and adjusted and expanded its transportation network in order to meet the anticipated surge in packages that it will see between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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