London Necropolis Railway (London)

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From 1854 up until 1941, the London Necropolis Railway ran trains between a station next to London Waterloo and the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Making use of the line between London and Southampton, the railway existed solely to carry the dead, along with their mourners, to one of two stops inside the cemetery, which had been built by the London Necropolis Company to counter the increase in population that was causing London's cemeteries to overflow.

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www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A19142165

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_railway_station
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Coordinates:   51°30'11"N   -0°6'41"E

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  • London Necropolis Railway was never here
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