London Necropolis Railway
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The London Necropolis Railway was a dedicated Victorian-era funeral railway service that transported coffins and mourners from central London to a large cemetery in the countryside.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| London Necropolis Railway canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era transport service
ⓘ
funeral railway ⓘ railway company ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Metropolitan Burial Act 1852 ⓘ |
| cargoType | human remains ⓘ |
| ceasedOperation | 1941 ⓘ |
| cemeteryCapacitySupported | hundreds of thousands of burials ⓘ |
| cemeteryOwner |
London Necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
London Necropolis Company
|
| classSegregation |
first class funerals
ⓘ
second class funerals ⓘ third class funerals ⓘ |
| connectedTo | London and South Western Railway ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| damagedBy | bombing in the Second World War ⓘ |
| destinationLocality | Brookwood, Surrey ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| hadSpecialRollingStock |
carriages segregated by class
ⓘ
carriages segregated by religious denomination ⓘ hearse vans for coffins ⓘ |
| heritageStatusOfTerminus | remaining buildings are listed structures ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfOperation | mid-19th to mid-20th century ⓘ |
| innovation | mass transport solution for urban burials ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| londonTerminusStreet | Westminster Bridge Road ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dedicated funeral trains
ⓘ
integration of cemetery and railway planning ⓘ |
| opened | 1854 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
London Necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company
|
| originalLondonTerminusLocation | near Waterloo, London ⓘ |
| passengerType | funeral mourners ⓘ |
| peakServiceFrequency | up to two funeral trains per day ⓘ |
| purpose |
transport of coffins
ⓘ
transport of mourners ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | bomb damage to London terminus in 1941 ⓘ |
| reasonForCreation | overcrowding of London cemeteries ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | garden cemetery movement ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brookwood railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
Brookwood Cemetery railway branch
|
| religiousSegregation |
Anglican sections
ⓘ
Nonconformist sections ⓘ |
| servedCemetery | Brookwood Cemetery ⓘ |
| servedCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| servedPopulation | residents of central London ⓘ |
| servedRegion | Surrey ⓘ |
| terminus |
Brookwood railway station
ⓘ
London Necropolis railway station ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| usedGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructure | separate platforms at Brookwood for different denominations ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brookwood Cemetery