At the beginning of the 19th century, mail coach services began operating across the Arlberg. The enterprising innkeeper and postmaster Johann Josef Fritz was also active in the transport business. In 1818, he was appointed Imperial-Royal (k.k.) Postmaster. This transformed the old travellers’ inn into a post office. 

The feather-adorned postilions, responsible for transporting letters and mail-coach passengers, sat high on the driver’s bench of the yellow postal carriages. In Stuben, the horses were changed. The route had to be completed within the set time — and for every half hour missed, 5 kreuzer were deducted.

At the so-called “Posteck”, the coachmen would crack their whips as many times as there were guests in the mail coach. For “the Post” in Stuben, this was the signal to have the corresponding number of meals ready. In 1884, after the construction of the Arlberg Railway, the last mail coach passed through Stuben.