The London Necropolis railway station was a special railway station constructed by the London Necropolis Company for funeral trains, specifically to serve their Brookwood Cemetery. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The London Necropolis Company, also London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company, was set up in 1850, and established by Act of Parliament in 1852. ... Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ... Brookwood Cemetery (aka the London Necropolis) was set up by the London Necropolis Company in 1852 to house Londons dead, since the capital was finding it difficult to locate the increasing population, both of living and dead. ...

Opened on 13 November 1854 just outside London's Waterloo station on the London and South Western Railway, three-carriage trains took coffins and mourners from the station — located between York Street (now Leake Street) and Westminster Bridge Road — directly to platforms within the cemetery. The station was rebuilt in 1902 at 121 Westminster Bridge Road in 1902 when the mainline station was reconstructed. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major railway station and transport interchange complex in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1923. ... An open coffin A coffin is a box used for the display and burial or cremation of a cadaver. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

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. On the night of 16 April 1941 the station was hit by bombs and never rebuilt or re-opened. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...