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- ^ Although these departure times varied slightly, over the 87 years of London Necropolis Railway operations they never deviated by more than 20 minutes.[49].
- How on earth was a train for the dead able to garner such popularity? Why was the London Necropolis Railway introduced?
- The offices, morgue and chapels of the London Necropolis Railway were based underneath the arches on Westminster Bridge Road.
- The London Necropolis Railway Station was used to transport up to 2,000 bodies each year to Brookwood Cemetery between 1854 and 1941.
- In order to ferry the dead and their family of mourners the long distance, a dedicated railroad was built, named the London Necropolis Railway.
- The London Necropolis railway was an almost daily service from Waterloo Station to Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, in Surrey, between 1854 and 1941.
- So: what was the story of the London Necropolis Railway? London’s overcrowding situation. Post-medieval London was growing at an incredible rate.
- The show is is inspired by the real London Necropolis Railway which was active from the middle of the 1800s to the middle of the 1900s.
- On that theme I was wondering - would you, our dearly beloved listeners, be interested in us continuing the story of the London Necropolis Railway in non-audio...
- This is the story of the Necropolis Railway in London. All that remains now is the building that housed the station, which you can walk right up to today.
London Necropolis Railway
Железнодорожная линия
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Факты
- Длина:38,6 км
- Дата возникновения:1854 год