Waterloo Necropolis Station Traditional Geocache
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Waterloo Necropolis Station
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A small black cammoed micro with cammo tape around it, probably
about 20m opposite the site of the disused London Necropolis
railway station, the facade of the office being still intact.
Handicapped accessible. GPS as with most of Central London is
variable.
Opened in 1854, the Necropolis Railway had a mortuary station in
south London where grieving families brought their loved ones.
Coffins and mourners were then loaded on to the Black Cat train and
taken to Brookwood Cemetery, 25 miles away in the countryside. The
coffins and mourning passengers travelled in first, second and
third class coaches.
The station was originally located between York Street (now Leake
Street) and Westminster Bridge Road – directly to platforms
within the cemetery. The station was rebuilt in this location at
121 Westminster Bridge Road in 1902 when the mainline station was
reconstructed.
Prior to 1900 funeral trains usually ran once each day but after
this only operated "as required" until by the mid-1930s they only
ran twice each week; much of their traffic having moved to the road
network. There were two stations at the destination, Brookwood
Cemetary, one for Anglicans and one for Non-Conformists.
On the night of 16 April 1941 the station was hit by bombs and
never rebuilt or re-opened.
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