wenn das Buch da ist - werde ich darüber berichten!
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A history of what must surely be one of the most unusual train services to operate on a British railway was the service operated from Waterloo to Brookwood Necropolis, near Woking. It conveyed the deceased and their accompanying mourners to their final resting place, the Brookwood Necropolis which at one time was the largest cemetery in the world. The Necropolis was originally promoted as concerns about public health in the nation's capital and elsewhere had increased, London having suffered its first cholera epidemic in the mid-nineteenth century. The service finally ceased shortly after World War II. The railway had many unusual features, in the cemetery there were two stations one for the Anglican section and another for the Non-Conformist section. Somewhat surprisingly there were licensed premises at the stations. Visitors to the station bars have said that there were notices displayed stating 'Spirits served here'! This is the third edition of this very popular book, and it has been significantly enlarged.
Auch hier hat sich ein ausnehmend guter Mensch die außerordentlich anerkennenswerte Mühe gemacht, einen Artikel in unserer schönen und vielgestaltigen Muttersprache für meine Lieblings-Enzyklopädie Wikipedia zu verfassen.
Erfreulicherweise werden im Rahmen dieses Elaborats auch die bahntechnischen Einrichtungen entsprechend gewürdigt http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_London_Necropolis , so daß dem allgemeinen Informationszuwachs der geneigten Leserschaft dieser kleinen Plattform keine größeren Hindernisse entgegenstehen sollten.
das Buch dient meines nächsten (einfacheren) Themas! (ich sag nur Schuhschachtel! weiteres dazu erst im Herbst/ Winter!) - aber nicht nur das ich habe mir das Buch gekauft weil es dennoch eine Ungewöhnliche Bahngesellschaft war!