| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:47, 8th February 2026 |     |
Prompted by an 'On This Day' link on the forum - which didn't link to any specific item - I did some digging, so to speak.
I found several old posts relating to this subject, so I moved and merged them here, lest they remain dead and buried elsewhere. I obviously remained serious, even grave, stone faced while I did so.
CfN.
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by JayMac at 22:23, 7th June 2024 | |
But sadly not for Monopoly money.
The London Necropolis Railway's station building near Waterloo is on the market. Guide price is £4.25million. A building with a fascinating history and maybe a few ghosts!
News article about the sale: https://www.timeout.com/london/news/londons-victorian-necropolis-railway-station-is-for-sale-060424
Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_railway_station
Railways YouTuber Jago Hazzard (from whom I learnt of the sale) has made a couple of videos about the London Necropolis Railway that are well worth a watch. As is all of his content if you're not already familiar with his channel.
https://youtu.be/hzS_PcLyxV0?si=BGDIMa33veTI9EFn
https://youtu.be/L4VQ1Vhrpp0?si=qb1JLNGdHh7Ct-mk
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by grahame at 20:23, 3rd June 2024 | |
Does anyone fancy being landlord to 7 new MPs within easy walking distance of the Palace of Westminster?
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147548858
Dexters are delighted to introduce for sale this iconic Grade II Listed landmark building, Westminster Bridge House located on Westminster Bridge Road set within close proximity to London Waterloo station.
Constructed 1902, Westminster Bridge House, was the former offices and first-class entrance to the London Necropolis Railway, providing access to the London Necropolis Railway Station commonly known as "Cemetery Station".
The station closed in 1941 and the building was subsequently purchased by Transmarine Shipping Agencies Limited and used as their London Head Offices until 1987 when the property was acquired by Picasso Investment Corporation.
The grand façade and arched entrance provides access to this ornate Edwardian building featuring circa 750 square metres (8,076 sq ft) of internal space. The building is arranged over six floors plus a basement room and is currently designated as office space (Use Class E).
This historic building will be sold with the benefit of full planning permission for the change of use from the existing office space (Use Class E) to residential dwellings (Use Class C3) creating seven luxury private residential apartments (4nos. one-bedroom apartments and 3nos. two-bedroom apartments).
Constructed 1902, Westminster Bridge House, was the former offices and first-class entrance to the London Necropolis Railway, providing access to the London Necropolis Railway Station commonly known as "Cemetery Station".
The station closed in 1941 and the building was subsequently purchased by Transmarine Shipping Agencies Limited and used as their London Head Offices until 1987 when the property was acquired by Picasso Investment Corporation.
The grand façade and arched entrance provides access to this ornate Edwardian building featuring circa 750 square metres (8,076 sq ft) of internal space. The building is arranged over six floors plus a basement room and is currently designated as office space (Use Class E).
This historic building will be sold with the benefit of full planning permission for the change of use from the existing office space (Use Class E) to residential dwellings (Use Class C3) creating seven luxury private residential apartments (4nos. one-bedroom apartments and 3nos. two-bedroom apartments).
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by CyclingSid at 06:59, 18th September 2023 | |
The railway trip where only some returned
In another context could be some the services to Weymouth you report.
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by grahame at 15:24, 17th September 2023 | |
Our mirror also has an article http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/FINAL-Parsons-Coffins-by-Train.pdf
Made the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66507599
Necropolis Railway: The railway trip where only some returned
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by Oxonhutch at 08:00, 15th January 2020 | |
Until its demise in a German bombing raid in WWII, London Necropolis Company's trains to the cemetery at Brookwood ran from their own terminus just south of the main station, and whose post-war ruined remains can be seen here (The entrance - still there today - is at 121 Westminster Bridge Road). Trains bringing mourners back to London terminated at Waterloo itself.
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by Electric train at 21:01, 30th August 2018 | |
mmmmm far to easy
I will have to find some really obscure places
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by JayMac at 20:40, 30th August 2018 | |
A Terminal Station.
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by PhilWakely at 18:36, 30th August 2018 | |
That looks like the former London Necropolis Railway Terminal at Waterloo Station to me
I could go on but at the risk of boring you to death ! I won't.
I could go on but at the risk of boring you to death ! I won't.
The Necropolis Railway - an interesting body located in the dead centre of the South Bank
| Re: London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by Western Pathfinder at 18:34, 30th August 2018 | |
That looks like the former London Necropolis Railway Terminal at Waterloo Station to me
I could go on but at the risk of boring you to death ! I won't.
However this might prove interesting to some.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Necropolis_Railway.
| London Necropolis Railway, terminus at Waterloo - merged posts Posted by Electric train at 18:23, 30th August 2018 | |
But where and why is this building railway related
