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

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.