 | BROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS RAILWAY
4th Edition - Revised and Enlarged 2006
by John M. Clarke
ISBN 978-0-853616-55-9
Book A5 format, with a square backed Linson cover. 192 Pages 58 photographs, plus 17 maps plans of buildings, track layout and special rolling stock used on the
Publisher: Oakwood Press
Series: Locomotion Papers
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| | A history of what must surely be one of the most unusual train services to operate on a British railway was the service operated from Waterloo to Brookwood Necropolis, near Woking. It conveyed the deceased and their accompanying mourners to their final resting place, the Brookwood Necropolis which at one time was the largest cemetery in the world. The Necropolis was originally promoted as concerns about public health in the nation's capital and elsewhere had increased, London having suffered its first cholera epidemic in the mid-nineteenth century. The service finally ceased shortly after World War II. The railway had many unusual features, in the cemetery there were two stations one for the Anglican section and another for the Non-Conformist section. Somewhat surprisingly there were licensed premises at the stations. Visitors to the station bars have said that there were notices displayed stating 'Spirits served here'! This is the third edition of this very popular book, and it has been significantly enlarged. Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter One - Historical Background to the Necropolis Service
- Chapter Two - The London Termini
- Chapter Three - The Cemetery Branch
- Chapter Four - Operation: The Normal Necropolis Service
- Chapter Five - Operation: Specials and Incidents
- Chapter Six - Stock
- Chapter Seven - Fares and Tickets
- Chapter Eight - Conclusion
- Appendix One - Selected Timings of the Necropolis Train
- Appendix Two - Operating Costs for the Necropolis Train: 1854-1941
- Appendix Three - Summary of Mourner and Coffin Tickets 1922-1941
- Appendix Four - BR Coffin Tickets
- Appendix Five - The London Necropolis in Literature
- Appendix Six - Road or Rail? Four Recent Funerals
- Appendix Seven - Other Cemetery Railway Services
- Appendix Eight - Other Companies Hearse Vans
- Appendix Nine - The Brookwood Cemetery Society
- Bibliography
- Index
Continent: Europe
Country: UK
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