London Necropolis railway station

You are standing near the former site of the London Necropolis railway station, an unusual building that once served as the private gateway for London's funeral trains. During the nineteenth century, London's city center became so dangerously overcrowded with human remains that authorities feared for public health and sought a solution far from the capital. This station was constructed specifically to transport the deceased and their mourners twenty-three miles away to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. For eighty-seven years, this quiet, specialized terminal functioned as the primary departure point for a daily funeral service that kept the city's growth from overwhelming its own burial grounds.