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One Way To Necropolis
Alan Dein goes in search of a coffin ticket, a Victorian funeral train and the guardians of what was once the world's largest cemetery.
Departing from London's Waterloo station to Woking, Alan sets out to retrace the route of the Necropolis Railway.
Along the way, he uncovers the story of the station of the dead.
Producer: Neil McCarthy
The story of the 'dead line' where trains carried the departed to their last stop.
Waterloo to Woking. Alan Dein explores the 'dead line' where trains took the departed to their final station. From 2005.
In search of a coffin ticket, a Victorian funeral train and the guardians of what was once the world's largest cemetery, Alan Dein retraces the route of the Necropolis Railway - from London's Waterloo station to Woking - and uncovers the story of the station of the dead.
The history of the 'dead line' where trains took the departed to their final station.